Donn Moomaw
American football player
1931 –
Who is Donn Moomaw?
Donn Moomaw is a retired American football player and Presbyterian minister.
Moomaw played for UCLA as the center and linebacker for the team. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1973.
Moomaw later became a Presbyterian minister, most notably serving Los Angeles' Bel Air Presbyterian Church as pastor from 1964 to 1993. During this time, he became friends with California Governor Ronald Reagan and wife Nancy; Moomaw later gave the invocation and benediction at Reagan's 1981 presidential inauguration. He did the same at the second inauguration of Ronald Reagan on January 20, 1985.
Moomaw was born in Santa Ana, California and attended its Santa Ana High School.
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- Born
- Oct 15, 1931
Santa Ana - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Lived in
- Santa Ana
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on July 23, 2013
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