INDIANA FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

J. DOXIE MOORE  (Deceased)

Inducted:  August 18, 1979 in Richmond, IN
                               
Date of Birth:  February 13, 1911 in Delphi, IN

High School  Attended:  Delphi                     Graduated:  1930

High School Honors:  All-Sectional and All-Regional 3 years in a row; All-State Honorable Mention; captain senior year; 1929 only team in state to go undefeated in regular season and was highest scoring team in state; made Sweet 16 in 1928 and 1930.

College Attended:  Purdue University            Graduated:  1934
                           University of Colorado  MS       1937           
College Honors:  Played on two Big Ten Championship teams in football and two in basketball; played in back field and labeled best in USA; one of two players in world to play on four Big 10 Championship teams.

Professional Athletic Background:  Played on Continental Wire Company and Enrich Paint Company semi-pro basketball teams; coached Sheboygan Red Skins, the Anderson Packers, and the Milwaukee Hawks in the 1950s, with the Red Skins qualifying for NBL playoffs due to a 26-18 record.

Coaching Experience:  Coached all sports 4 years at West Lafayette HS; coached all sports at Mt. Vernon Township HS, IL.

Coaching Honors:   Won Conference Championship in football.

Special Recognition:  Officiated high school football 10 years; inducted into Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978 and Illinois Coaches Hall of Fame; served as commissioner of National Professional Basketball League during its one year of existence; served as an administrative assistant of Governor George Craig in the 1950s.

Mr. Moore passed away April 23, 1986.

The following is a listing on ebay for a 1928 Oracle yearbook. He was a star basketball player and later coach and commissioner for the league. Up for bid is the 1928 Oracle, the yearbook of Delphi High School in Delphi, Indiana. This hardback contains photos of the students and faculty, clubs, sports teams and other organizations, plus vintage ads and a review of the 1927-28 school year. Among the students was sophomore John Doxie "Doc" Moore, who gained fame in basketball at the high school, college and professional levels. Moore led Delphi to its first state tournament appearance while winning all-sectional and all-regional honors. He played college ball at Purdue and coached several pro basketball teams, including the Sheboygan Red Skins, the Anderson Packers and the Milwaukee Hawks in the 1950s. Moore also served as commissioner of the National Professional Basketball League.

Doxie Moore, 75, of Indianapolis, formerly of Delphi, died April 23, 1986, in Community Hospital, Indianapolis. Born Feb. 13, 1911, he was the son of John Doxie and Katherine Corcoran Moore. His marriage was to Jane Shear and she survives. He was a 1930 graduate of Delphi High School where he starred in basketball and track and was a member of the DHS 1928 “Sweet Sixteen” team. Later he received undergraduate and master’s degrees from Purdue. University where he played on the basketball and football teams. Mr. Moore was connected to the sports world his entire life. He was one of the founders of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame of which he was inducted into in 1978. A member of the Purdue board of trustees from 1957 to 1960, as athletic director at West Lafayette High School from 1934 to 1938 where his basketball and football teams won league championships three times. From 1939 to 1943, he served as athletic director as well as football and basketball coach at Mount Vernon, Ill. In 1940, he organized the Southern Illinois Officials Association. He.coached the Illinois basketball all-stars to victory over a squad from Indiana in 1942, and organized the Illinois North-South All-Star basketball game in 1943. He was coach and manager of the Sheboygan (Wis.) Redskins professional basketball team in 1946. In 1947, he was named commissioner of the National Professional Basketball League, which merged with the Basketball Association in 1949 to form the NBA. He served as vice president and coach of the new league’s Milwaukee Hawks in 1951-52. He became supervisor and chief of NBA officials in 1952. The same year, Moore became director of the conservation department for the state of Indiana. He was assistant to former Gov. George N. Craig from 1954 to 1957. In 1956, he became vice presi-c dent of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission, which included 30 states and some foreign nations. He formed a public relations and industrial representation firm in 1957 and also was a past president of the Indiana Bituminous Association. Surviving with the widow are two sons, John of Indianapolis and David of Michigan, also one daughter, Martha, of Michigan; four sisters, Marguerite Herr and Evelyn Huffer, both of Delphi, Virginia Hayden, . Calif., Clematine Oyler, Ft Myers, Fla., and five grandchildren. Services and burial were Saturday in Indianapolis. Publication: Delphi Carroll County Comet Location: Delphi, Indiana, United States Of America Issue Date: April 30, 1986