Gene Moore III (2009) - The Citadel Athletic Hall of Fame

Gene Moore III

Induction:
2009
Class:
1950

A prominent civic leader in Boynton Beach, Fla., including stints as mayor and town attorney, Moore, an honorary inductee, was a member of Citadel basketball and baseball teams in the late 1940s and ’50 … served as the baseball team captain in 1950 and signed a pro contract with the Philadelphia Phillies but opted for law school ... graduated from the University of Florida College of Law in 1953 and served on active duty for two years as a 1st Lt. on the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Staff … the 2008 recipient of the Southern Conference Distinguish Service Award, the former attorney for baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams provided a seven-figure gift for the revitalization of Johnson Hagood Stadium during Homecoming on November 9, 2002.