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| Position | Nose tackle | ||||||||
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| Born | (1951-10-07)October 7, 1951 Malden, Missouri, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | September 24, 2020(2020-09-24) (aged 68) Mandeville, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Poplar Bluff (MO) | ||||||||
| College | Oklahoma | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1973: 2nd round, 29th overall pick | ||||||||
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Derland Paul Moore (October 7, 1951 – September 24, 2020) was an American professionalfootballnose tackle in theNational Football League (NFL) for theNew Orleans Saints and theNew York Jets. AnAll-American, he playedcollege football for theOklahoma Sooners and was selected in the second round of the1973 NFL draft. At the time he was drafted, Moore was the highest selected collegewalk-on in the history of the NFL draft, a distinction overtaken by fellow Oklahoma SoonerBaker Mayfield, the overall number one draft pick in 2018. Moore went on to set a team record for service with 169 games played in 13 seasons with the New Orleans Saints, playing for five permanent head coaches and three interim coaches in that time.
He led the team in sacks in 1980, and was selected to thePro Bowl in 1983. Moore retired from the NFL in 1986 and was later inducted into theNew Orleans Saints Hall of Fame, the New Orleans Saints 40th and 50th Anniversary Team, theMissouri Sports Hall of Fame, and was named as one of the Top 100 Sooners in Oklahoma University football history.[1]
Moore died on September 24, 2020, age 68, from a lengthy illness.[2]
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