"Uncle" Charlie Moran. Colorful college football coach and National Baseball League umpire. Coached Praying Colonels of Centre College into national football spotlight, 1916-23. See other side. First coached, 1898-99, at Bethel College, Russellville, Ky. Then held four other coaching positions before going to Texas A. and M., where he coached, 1908-13, and at Carlisle Indian School, 1914-15. After seven years at Centre, then went to Bucknell Univ., 1923-25; Catawba College, 1929-39. National League umpire, 1917-39. Officiated at four baseball World Series-1927, 29, 33, 38. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1879. University of Tenn., 1897. Resident of Horse Cave. Died, 1949. Interred Horse Cave Cemetery. (Reverse) Coach Moran's Banner Football Record at Centre Centre Opponent Centre Opponent 1919 1920 95 Hanover 0 66 Morris Harvey 0 Centre Opponent Centre Opponent 1919 12 - Indiana - 3 57 - St. Xavier - 0 69 - Transylvania - 0 46 - Virginia - 7 14 - W. Virginia - 6 56 - Kentucky - 0 56 - DePauw - 0 77 - Georgetown - 7 1920 120 - Howard - 0 55 - Transylvania -0 14 - Harvard - 31 0 - Georgia Tech - 24 34 - DePauw - 0 49 - Kentucky - 0 28 - VPI - 0 103 - Georgetown - 0 77 - Tex. Christian - 7 1921 National Champions 14 - Clemson - 0 14 - VPI - 0 28 - St. Xavier - 6 98 - Transylvania - 0 6 - Harvard - 0 55 - Kentucky - 0 21 - Auburn - 0 25 - Wash. and Lee - 0 21 - Tulane - 0 38 - Arizona - 0 Post season 14 - Texas A and M - 22 1922 72 - Carson-Newman - 0 21 - Clemson - 0 55 - Mississippi - 0 10 - VPI - 6 10 - Harvard - 24 32 - Louisville - 7 27 - Kentucky - 3 27 - Wash. and Lee - 6 0 - Auburn - 6 42 - S. Carolina - 0 1923 14 - Carson-Newman - 0 28 - Clemson - 7 29 - Oglethorpe - 0 0 - Pennsylvania - 24 10 - Kentucky - 0 20 - Sewanee - 6 17 - Auburn - 0 19 - Wash. and Lee - 0 3 - Georgia - 3
by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Highways Department #1091 of the Kentucky Historical Marker series
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