Farley Moody | |
Birth Date: | 18 September 1891 |
Birth Place: | Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S. |
Death Place: | Argonne Forest, France |
Player Years1: | 19091912 |
Player Team1: | Alabama |
Player Positions: | Quarterback |
Coach Years1: | 1915 |
Coach Team1: | Alabama (acting co-HC) |
Awards: | All-Southern (1912) |
Farley William Moody (September 18, 1891 – October 11, 1918) was an American college football player and a lawyer.[1]
Farley Moody was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on September 18, 1891, to Frank Sims Moody and Mary Farley Maxwell.
At Alabama he was a member of Phi Delta Theta.
Moody was a prominent quarterback for the Alabama Crimson Tide of the University of Alabama from 1909 to 1912.
Moody made the field goal to beat Tulane 5 to 3 in 1910.
Moody scored two touchdowns, including a 40-yard punt return, and added four extra points in the 24 to 0 win over Howard in 1911.
Moody was captain of the 1912 team.[2] He was selected All-Southern.[3] He later died in France while serving in the First World War during the Battle of the Argonne Forest just a month before the Armistice.
He coached the 1915 team with athletic director B. L. Noojin after coach Kelley was hospitalized with typhoid fever.[4] [5] The pair had a record of 2 wins and 2 losses.
Lieutenant Moody died in France while serving in the First World War during the Battle of the Argonne Forest just a month before the Armistice.[6]