Warren Moon

Warren Moon was a quarterback in the National Football League playing most of his career with the Houston Oilers. Moon was also a quarterback with the Canadian Football League for 6 years, playing with the Edmonton Eskimos prior to his 17-year career in the NFL.

A high school standout in Los Angeles, Warren Moon was highly recruited. However, he decided to attend local two-year institute, West Los Angeles College. After a record setting career at West LA, Moon attended University of Washington where he lead the Huskies to a Rose Bowl victory in 1978. Although very successful in college, Moon went undrafted in the 1978 NFL draft. He went on to play in the Canadian Football League, where he has been voted as the fifth greatest player in league history. Leading the Eskimos to five consecutive Grey Cups, Moon finished his CFL career with a total of 144 touchdowns, and 21,228 yards.

Moon is one of only two people (Bud Grant Head Coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Minnesota Vikings is the other) to be enshrined in both the Canadian Football League Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame located in Canton, Ohio. http://www.cfhof.ca/page/moonwarren

In 17 years in the NFL with three team; Houston Oilers, Minnesota Vikings, and Seattle Seahawks he compiled the following statistics:

• Pass Completions: 3,988
• Pass Yards: 49,325
• Pass TD’s: 291
• Interceptions: 233

He was also named to nine NFL Pro Bowls, led the NFL is passing yards twice (1990 and 91), led the NFL in pass attempts (1990-91), led the league is passing TD’s once (1990), led the league is passing yards per game three times (1990, 1991, and 1997), and led the league in pass attempts per game three times (1990, 1991, and 1993). http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MoonWa00.htm

• November 18, 1956 Born

• 1978: Attended the University of Washington

• 1978: Led the Huskies to victory in the Rose Bowl

• 1978: Signed with the Edmonton Eskimos

• 1983: Set CFL record with 5,648 yards passing

• 1984: Signed with the Houston Oilers

• 1991: Career high of 655 passes

• 1994: Traded to the Minnesota Vikings

• 1997: Signed as free agent with Seattle Seahawks

• 1999: Signed as backup QB with Kansas City Chiefs

• 2001: Retired from NFL

• 2007: DUI in Seattle, Washington

1. Full Name: Harold Warren Moon

2. Hometown: Los Angeles, California

3. Attended Hamilton High School

4. Alma-mater: University of Washington

5. Lead the team to a Rose Bowl victory in 1978

6. Rose Bowl MVP

7. 1990: NFL Offensive Player of the Year

8. 9 time Pro Bowl Selection

9. NFL Teams: Houston Oilers, Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City Chiefs

10. Only player in both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Canadian Football Hall of Fame