Jim Moscrip
American football player (1913-1980)
James Henderson "Monk" Moscrip (September 17, 1913 – October 11, 1980) was an American professional football player who was an end for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Stanford University, then played two seasons professionally with the Lions. He is an inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame.
Biography
Born in Adena, Ohio, Moscrip attended The Kiski Prep School in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, before enrolling at Stanford University. Moscrip played as an end for the Stanford Indians football team (as it was then known) for the 1933 to 1935 seasons. Those teams were known as the "Vow Boys", as they vowed not to lose to USC. The Vow Boys teams did not lose a game to either USC or Cal, and went to three consecutive Rose Bowl Games, the January 1934 to January 1936 editions. Moscrip was named to the 1934 College Football All-America Team by multiple selectors, and was a consensus selection to the 1935 College Football All-America Team.
A 1933 newspaper article stated that Moscrip acquired his nickname while at Kiski: he once came to school with haircut that made him look "apish" (as in, like a monkey), and he was quickly called "Monk".
Moscrip was selected in the ninth round of the 1936 NFL draft. He played professional football with the Detroit Lions in 1938 and 1939—appearing in 11 games each season, he made 15 of 18 extra point attempts as a kicker and had one receiving touchdown.
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