Education
Yale University.
Yale University.
Individually, Moore also competed in the men"s 400-meter freestyle at the 1952 Olympics, finishing in sixth place in the event final. Moore was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1931, the son of Richard F. and Mary South. Moore. He was a 1945 graduate of Warren Harding High School, and graduated from Yale University in 1953 with a degree in economics.
After college, Moore was drafted in the United States. Army and served during the Korean War.
Moore died February 20, 2015. He was 83 years old.
Moore represented the United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, where he won a gold medal in the men"s 4×200-meter freestyle relay with United States. teammates Bill Woolsey, Ford Konno and Jimmy McLane. Swimming for the Yale Bulldogs under coach Bob Kiphuth, Moore won National Collegiate Athletic Association titles in the 220-yard freestyle in 1952 and 440-yard freestyle in 1953.
