Phil Moffatt Explained

Phil Moffatt
Currentposition:	Halfback
Birth Date:	February 17, 1908
Birth Place:	Muskogee, Oklahoma
Death Place:	Palo Alto, California
School:	Stanford Cardinal
Pastschools:	Stanford (1930)
Highlights:	First-team All-American (1930)

Philip Julian Moffatt (February 17, 1908 – May 16, 1987)^[1] was an American football player. He played at the halfback position for the Stanford Cardinal football team. He was selected by the United Press as a first-team player on the 1930 College Football All-America Team.^[2] During World War II, he served in the United States Navy.^[3] Moffatt holds the Stanford records with 10 interceptions in a season and 20 in a career. He is third in all-time rushing at Stanford with an average of 5.9 yards per carry. He has been inducted into Stanford's Hall of Fame.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Death record for Philip Julian Moffatt, born Feb 17, 1908, Oklahoma, died May 16, 1987, Santa Clara County, California. Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line].
2. News: L.S. Cameron. UNITED PRESS HAS ALL-AMERICA GRID TEAM OF THE YEAR: Milo Lubratovich of the University of Wisconsin Team is Placed on the First Team. Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. 1930-12-08.
3. Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line].
4. Web site: Phil Moffatt. GoStanford.com. Stanford University.