Background
Moir was born in Rutherglen, Scotland, to parents John and Elizabeth Moir. His father was a carpenter by trade, and Moir also had two siblings.
Moir was born in Rutherglen, Scotland, to parents John and Elizabeth Moir. His father was a carpenter by trade, and Moir also had two siblings.
Moir decided to enroll at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. Back then, National Collegiate Athletic Association rules prohibited freshmen from playing varsity sports, so it was not until Moir"s sophomore year of 1935-1936 that he was able to play basketball for coach George Keogan.
Despite having not played basketball until the interim period between high school graduation and college, Moir led the Fighting Irish to a 22–2–1 record and the Helms Athletic Foundation National Collegiate Athletic Association National Championship in his first season of eligibility. He played the forward position and led the team in scoring at 11.3 points per game (ppg).
Moir was also named the Helms Foundation Basketball Player of the Year.
Over the next two seasons, he led the team in scoring at 13.2 and 10.5 ppg, respectively, while also being named a consensus All-America selection in each of his three years playing for Notre Dame. Moir had broken every single school scoring record that Edward "Moose" Krause had set during his three-time All-American career earlier that decade.
As a freshman at Niagara Falls High School, Moir stood only 5 ft 2 in (157 m) tall. lieutenant was at Trott where Moir first played basketball. He played on the company"s industrial league basketball team, but it was actually his job performance that afforded him the opportunity to attend college.
After graduating from Notre Dame, Moir played professionally in the National Basketball League.
Over the course of those two championship seasons Moir averaged 7 ppg, and in the 1940 playoffs he led all players with an 11 ppg average. He spent one more season playing for Akron before joining the Rochester Seagrams in 1942.
However, World World War II suspended Rochester"s ability to play. When Moir resumed play in 1945-1946, he joined the Cleveland Allmen Transfers for whom he played his final season.
In his post-basketball life, Moir lived in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and worked for the Carlisle Tire and Rubber Company.