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Winfield R. "Winny" Moore | ||
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Track and Field ∙ Beaver Falls |
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Winfield R. "Winny" Moore | ||
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Track and Field ∙ Beaver Falls |
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Winny Moore maintained a
lifelong interest in sports, even though he has never looked big
enough to be an athlete, much less star in several sports. Winny vividly recalled his career as a track star at
Beaver Falls High School and Geneva College from 1927 to 1932. The
irony of his career was that, although he stood only 5'-5" and weighed
a mere 135 pounds, his best event was the pole vault. In those days
when vaulters used a stiff, heavy pole, and had to supply their own
power, he set records in the event both in high school and college
that lasted 47 years. At Beaver Falls High School, he won the Beaver
County, WPIAL, and state pole vault titles, but was also outstanding
in the high and low hurdles, broad jump, high jump, and relays. In
addition, Winny competed in football and basketball at Beaver Falls and
was named Athlete of the Year there in 1930. He was the individual
high point scorer in the Beaver County Track and field meets of 1929
and 1930 and was a first team selection on the Section IV All Star
Basketball team. At Geneva he concentrated on the pole vault and in
1931 set
a school record of 12'-4" that lasted until it
was broken in 1977 by Doug Watson using a fiberglass pole. Winny
had to drop out of Geneva in 1932 because of financial problems, but
his
interests in sports continued and during the late 1930s he
served as recreation director at the 37th Street and College Hill
playgrounds in Beaver Falls. Winny also was an outstanding duckpin
bowler, compiling an average of 169, and earning 80 trophies in the sport.