Rick Moser
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||
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| Born: | December 18, 1956 White Plains, New York, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Scarsdale (Scarsdale, New York) | ||||||||
| College: | Rhode Island | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1978 / round: 8 / pick: 208 | ||||||||
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Richard A. Moser (born December 18, 1956) is an American actor and a former football running back who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Miami Dolphins, Kansas City Chiefs, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). Moser attended Scarsdale High School and the University of Rhode Island,[1] where he was a two-time first team NCAA Academic All-American, graduating summa cum laude with a B.S. in marketing.[citation needed] Moser was elected in 1978 to the Beta Gamma Sigma National Business Honor Society, and held the position of secretary.[citation needed]
Football career
[edit]Selected in the eighth round of the 1978 NFL draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers, Moser played in parts of five NFL seasons between 1978 and 1982 for four different teams, carrying the ball 54 times for 190 yards and one touchdown. He also caught three passes for 20 yards and one score and returned six kickoffs for 108 yards in his professional career. His primary contribution was on special teams. Moser was a member of two Super Bowl winning teams with the Steelers following the 1978 (Super Bowl XIII) and 1979 (Super Bowl XIV) seasons. In Super Bowl XIV, Moser recorded a Super Bowl record of five tackles on the kickoff team.[citation needed]
Acting career
[edit]Moser has acted in several movies, most notably as the high-sock-wearing assistant football coach in Dazed and Confused, as a football player in Everybody's All-American, and as himself in Fighting Back: The Rocky Bleier Story. He has appeared in the popular television series The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes, and had recurring roles on ABC's General Hospital and HBO's 1st & Ten. Moser appeared in numerous national TV commercials and had modeled in print advertisements.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Steeler Notebook: Rick Moser". Pittsburgh Press. September 21, 1979. p. B6.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
- Rick Moser at IMDb
- 1956 births
- Living people
- American male film actors
- American football running backs
- Kansas City Chiefs players
- Miami Dolphins players
- Pittsburgh Steelers players
- Rhode Island Rams football players
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers players
- People from Scarsdale, New York
- Players of American football from Westchester County, New York
- Sportspeople from White Plains, New York
- Scarsdale High School alumni