Dudey Moore

Dudey Moore
Biographical details
Born(1910-04-05)April 5, 1910
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedApril 8, 1984(1984-04-08) (aged 74)
Bristol, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Playing career
1931–1934Duquesne
1937–1939Pittsburgh Pirates
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1948–1958Duquesne
1958–1963La Salle
Head coaching record
Overall270–107 (college)
Tournaments1–1 (NCAA)
11–8 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NIT (1955)

Donald W. "Dudey" Moore (April 5, 1910 – April 8, 1984) was an American college men's basketball coach. He was the head coach of Duquesne from 1948 to 1958 and La Salle from 1958 to 1963. He coached his teams to a 270–107 record, winning the 1955 National Invitation Tournament, making four further NIT semifinals appearances and making one NCAA tournament appearance (in 1952). Moore coached such players as Chuck Cooper, Si Green, Dick Ricketts, and Bill Raftery.

In college, Moore played for Duquesne under coach Chick Davies. He was inducted into the Duquesne athletics Hall of Fame in 1965.[1][2]

In 1952 he was named the college basketball Coach of the Year by the New York Basketball Writers Association.[3]

He coached Team USA to a gold medal at the 1961 Maccabiah Games in Israel, with a team that included Larry Brown (later a 3-time American Basketball Association All Star), along with Art Heyman (later the first overall pick in the first round of the 1963 NBA draft), and Charley Rosen.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Dudey Moore Is Dead at 74;Coached 1955 N.I.T. Winner". The New York Times. AP. 1984.
  2. ^ "Ex-Duquesne basketball coach Donald 'Dudey' Moore dies at 74". Pittsburgh Press. Associated Press. April 10, 1984. p. 8 – via Google News.
  3. ^ "Dudey Moore Duquesne, is coach of the year". Rome News-Tribune. March 10, 1952. p. 4 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Page2 - The evolution of Larry Brown". ESPN.
  5. ^ "Maccabiah Games Keep Shumacher on the Run; Director of Meet in August Faces a Busy Summer Brotherhood Theme Evident in Tel Aviv Competition" (PDF). The New York Times.