George Moorman
Athlete
Class of 1934
Football, Basketball
George Moorman was an outstanding football lineman, serving as team captain during his senior year. He was a starting tackle on the 1932 team that crafted a 9-1 won-lost record, the best in McKendree College football history and good enough to win the Little Nineteen State Championships for the Bearcats. George’s contribution to the 1933 Bearcat team, which finished with 5 wins and 3 losses, secured his selection to the All-Conference team of United Press International and the Bloomington Pantagraph. His efforts were described as “spectacular” in the press release naming him to the squad and he was proclaimed the “best tackle in the conference” in numerous news accounts of his football accomplishments. George was also called upon to kick extra points for the Bearcats, although he much preferred blocking the kicks of the opposing team.
Winner of four letters in football, George also earned two letters in basketball and was elected captain of the squad his senior year. Best known for his rebounding ability, he was pressed into service as a guard, and led the team to a 10-9 record in 1934. A natural leader, George was elected class president twice during his senior year.
George enjoyed a 35-year career as a safety engineer and budget analyst with Shell Oil Company and was elected mayor of Edwardsville, Illinois in 1953. After his retirement in 1970 he moved to Hanover, New Hampshire and embarked upon a second career as a tax consultant, prior to his death from cancer 1978
