Wade Moore | |
Birth Date: | 14 June 1876 |
Birth Place: | Franklin County, Kansas, U.S. |
Death Place: | Anadarko, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1899 |
Player Team2: | Kansas |
Player Sport3: | Baseball |
Player Years4: | 1898–1899 |
Player Team4: | Kansas |
Player Years5: | 1902 |
Player Team5: | Paris Homeseekers |
Player Years6: | 1903–1904 |
Player Team6: | San Antonio Bronchos |
Player Years7: | 1904 |
Player Team7: | Houston Lambs |
Player Years8: | 1904 |
Player Team8: | Beaumont Millionaires |
Player Years9: | 1905 |
Player Team9: | Houston Buffaloes |
Player Years10: | 1906 |
Player Team10: | Galveston Sand Crabs |
Player Years11: | 1907 |
Player Team11: | Houston Buffaloes |
Player Positions: | Catcher (baseball) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1901 |
Coach Team2: | Kansas State |
Coach Sport3: | Baseball |
Coach Years4: | 1902 |
Coach Team4: | Paris Homeseekers |
Coach Years5: | 1903 |
Coach Team5: | San Antonio Bronchos |
Coach Years6: | 1905 |
Coach Team6: | Houston Buffaloes |
Coach Years7: | 1906 |
Coach Team7: | Galveston Sand Crabs |
Coach Years8: | 1907 |
Coach Team8: | Houston Buffaloes |
Overall Record: | 3–4–1 (college football) |
Wade Hampton Moore (June 14, 1876 – June 14, 1956) was an American football and baseball player and coach.
Moore was a graduate of the University of Kansas, lettering for the baseball team in 1898 and 1899, and the football team in 1899. Following his college playing career, Moore became the sixth head football coach for the Kansas State Wildcats in Manhattan, Kansas. He held that position for one season, in 1901, and his overall coaching record at Kansas State was 3 wins, 4 losses, and 1 tie. Moore also played in some of his team's games in 1901, kicking two field goals in a win over Bethany College.[1]
After coaching football at Kansas State, Moore turned to playing and coaching minor league baseball From 1902 to 1907 he served as catcher and manager for a series of teams in Texas - in Paris, San Antonio, Houston and Galveston.[2] In 1903, Moore served as player-manager-owner for the San Antonio Bronchos (also known as "Moore's Mustangs"), and led the team to the league championship. After the season ended, Moore sold the team and moved to the Houston Buffaloes. Moore then led the Buffaloes to a league championship in 1905. He was so popular in Houston that the team became known as "Wade's Wanderers" or "Moore's Marvel's".[3] [4] [5]
Moore subsequently moved to Anadarko, Oklahoma, where he operated a movie theater and a company that manufactured baseball bats.