Derace Moser

Derace Moser
Position:	Halfback
Personal information
Born:	February 5, 1920; Texas
Died:	November 19, 1943 (age 23); Hillsborough, Florida
Career information
College:	Texas A&M
Career highlights and awards
	First-team All-American (1941); Most Valuable Player, Southwest Conference (1941);

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.[1] He was also selected as the Most Valuable Player in the Southwest Conference for the 1941 season.[2] 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.

References

Harry Grayson (November 21, 1941). "Duke's Lach Makes NEA All-America Team". The Rock Hill Herald.
"R. Derace Moser '42". Texas A&M Lettermen's Association. Archived from the original on February 4, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2015.

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