:Mike Moore (running back)

{{Short description|American football player (1956–2016)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Michael Moore

| image = Mike_edited.JPG

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1956|9|7}}

| birth_place = Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|7|6|1956|9|7}}

| death_place = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

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| high_school = Brainerd {{nowrap|(Chattanooga, Tennessee)}}

| college = Middle Tennessee State

| draftyear = 1978

| draftround = 12

| draftpick = 331

| pastteams =

• Miami Dolphins ({{NFL Year|1978}})*
• Houston Oilers ({{NFL Year|1978}})*

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Michael Moore (September 7, 1956 – July 6, 2016) was a collegiate football standout and native of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

He began his football legacy at Brainerd High School where he held numerous rushing records. He played his collegiate football with the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders where he again emerged as a standout running back earning both All Ohio Valley Conferencehttp://www.ovcsports.com//pdf1/135857.pdf?SPSID=31021&SPID=2441&DB_OEM_ID=6200 {{Bare URL PDF|date=September 2022}} and All-American honors in 1976.

Moore was selected in the 12th round of the 1978 NFL draft{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?season=1978 |title=National Football League: NFL 1978 Draft History |work=Nfl.com |date=July 21, 2015 |accessdate=July 7, 2016}} by the Miami Dolphins.

He played in pre-season NFL football games with the Houston Oilers alongside of Earl Campbell who was also drafted in the 1978 draft.

Moore is enshrined in the Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame.{{cite web |url=http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_101615.asp |title=Jones, Oldham, Cater Head 2007 Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame Class |publisher=Chattanoogan.com |date=February 13, 2007 |accessdate=July 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809001635/http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_101615.asp |archive-date=August 9, 2011 |url-status=dead }}

Moore was inducted into the MTSU Blue Raider Hall of Fame{{cite web|url=http://www.goblueraiders.com/news/2016/7/6/general-hall-of-fame-member-moore-passes-away.aspx|title=Hall of Fame member Moore passes away|date=6 July 2016 |publisher=}} Class of 2007 and was a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.{{cite web|url=http://www.kappaalphapsi1911.com/ |title=Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. |publisher=Kappaalphapsi1911.com |date= |accessdate=July 7, 2016}}