{{Short description|American football player and coach (1918–1995)}} {{Other people|Charles Moser}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Chuck Moser | image = | alt = | caption = | sport = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|9|29}} | birth_place = Chillicothe, Missouri, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1995|5|7|1918|9|29}} | death_place = Waco, Texas, U.S. | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 1937–1939 | player_team1 = Missouri | player_positions = Center | coach_years1 = 1940–1941 | coach_team1 = Lexington HS (MO) | coach_years2 = 1946–1952 | coach_team2 = McAllen HS (TX) | coach_years3 = 1953–1959 | coach_team3 = Abilene HS (TX) | coach_years4 = 1974–1978 | coach_team4 = Texas A&M (offensive backfield) | overall_record = 141–28–2 | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = Texas Sports Hall of Fame (1986) | coaching_records = }} '''Charles Hinton Moser''' (September 29, 1918 – May 7, 1995) was an American football coach. He was known for guiding Abilene High School to a 49-game winning streak from 1954 to 1957, which is still a Texas state record for 4A and 5A schools, though tied by Carroll Senior High School in 2007.<ref>[http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/gen/ap/FBH_Abilenes_Dynasty.html Long before Southlake Carroll, another dynasty blew through Texas] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120910204538/http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/gen/ap/FBH_Abilenes_Dynasty.html |date=September 10, 2012}}</ref>
Moser played college football at the University of Missouri, where he was an all-conference center on Don Faurot's 1939 Missouri Tigers football team, which went to the 1940 Orange Bowl. He began his coaching career in Lexington, Missouri, but joined the United States Army Air Corps one year later.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Moser Named Coach at Lexington High School |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/columbia-missourian/149090465/ |newspaper=Columbia Missourian |location=Columbia, Missouri |date=May 24, 1940 |page=4 |access-date=June 10, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> He became a navigator at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio. After World War II, Moser coached at McAllen High School before succeeding P. E. Shotwell at Abilene in 1953.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Army Man New McAllen Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/corpus-christi-caller-times/149090365/ |newspaper=Corpus Christi Caller |location=Corpus Christi, Texas |date=February 13, 1946 |page=5B |access-date=June 10, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Ex-McAllen Coach Gets Abilene Job |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram/149090409/ |newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |location=Fort Worth, Texas |date=February 14, 1953 |page=10 |access-date=June 10, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> Moser retired from coaching in early 1960 at age 41, to serve as athletic director of Abilene schools. He briefly returned to coaching as offensive backfield coach under Emory Bellard at Texas A&M University..
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070911233828/http://www.abilenerotaryclub.org/coach_chuck_moser.htm Coach Chuck Moser 1918-1995] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080909013619/http://www.reporternews.com/news/2007/sep/13/made-to-be-broken/ Made to be Broken?]
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