Eric Moore (offensive lineman)

{{Short description|American football player (born 1965)}}

{{other people|Eric Moore}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Eric Moore

| number = 60, 62, 70

| position = Guard

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|1|28|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Berkeley, Missouri, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 290

| high_school = Berkeley

| college = Indiana

| draftyear = 1988

| draftround = 1

| draftpick = 10

| pastteams =

• New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1988|1993}})
• Cincinnati Bengals ({{NFL Year|1994}})
• Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year|1995}})
• Miami Dolphins (1995)

| highlights =

• Super Bowl champion (XXV)
• PFWA All-Rookie Team (1988)
• Second-team All-Big Ten (1987)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 84

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 74

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 3

| pfr = MoorEr20

}}

Eric Patrick Moore (born January 28, 1965) is an American former professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants (1988–1993), the Cincinnati Bengals (1994), the Cleveland Browns (1995) and the Miami Dolphins (1995). Moore was selected in the first round (tenth overall) of the 1988 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1988 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1988/draft.htm |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He was a starter for the Giants in their Super Bowl XXV triumph.

In 1993, Moore was sentenced to a six-month pretrial diversion program for steroid possession along with former New York Giants teammate Mark Duckens. They were described by federal agents as "pawns in international steroid ring."{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-14-sp-1549-story.html|title=Federal Steroid Case Cites 2 NFL Players|work=Los Angeles Times|date=January 14, 1993|access-date=2013-09-16}} Moore was also suspended for the first four weeks of the 1993 NFL season.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-07-31-sp-18789-story.html|title=Giants' Moore Gets Month Suspension|work=Los Angeles Times|date=July 31, 1993|access-date=2013-09-16}}

Moore lived in the Wolf Creek subdivision in Macon, Georgia for a while and his nickname in college was "PK".Mike Freeman, [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9F0CE4DB1739F932A05754C0A965958260 N.F.L. Suspends Moore for Four Games], July 31, 1993