Derace Moser
American football player

Derace Moser

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American football player
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Male
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Birth:
5 February 1920
Death:
19 November 1943
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Robert Derace Moser (February 5, 1920 - November 19, 1943) was an American football player. He played college football for the Texas A&M Aggies football team from 1939 to 1941, including the 1939 national championship team. He was selected by the Newspaper Enterprise Association as a first-team halfback on the 1941 College Football All-America Team. He was also selected as the Most Valuable Player in the Southwest Conference for the 1941 season. He served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and died in November 1943 in a mid-air collision of two B-17 Flying Fortresses east of MacDill Field in Florida.