Saints great Derland Moore, who played 13 NFL seasons. Mizzou side story. Bootheel boy

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Saints great Derland Moore, who played 13 NFL seasons, dies at 68 following long illness

Saints legend Derland Moore dies at 68 following ongoing battle with illness

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R.I.P.

The native of Malden, Missouri made his way to the NFL ranks by way of the University of Oklahoma, but it wasn't his first choice. He initially sought to play for the University of Missouri, but they stiff-armed him -- so to speak -- and that became more fuel for his fire when he eventually became a Sooner.

"At the University of Missouri, I asked them if I could walk on," Moore once explained of the incident, via the Saints website. "They told me it would be a waste of my time and theirs too. So, we played the University of Missouri every year and I made sure that they paid a price. They got the 120 percent game.
"I got a game ball every year we played against Missouri. Dan Devine was the head coach at the University of Missouri. It was my sophomore year and I nailed one of the running backs. He went flying underneath their bench.
"It was on their side of the field and the game was played in Oklahoma. So, I got up and there's Dan Devine right there and I said, 'Hey Coach Devine, Derland Moore. Remember? I wasn't good enough to play for you.' Then I was jogging on the field and I heard his voice, 'Would you allow me to reconsider?'"

 

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