Vietnam veteran, 61, set to be America's oldest NAIA college football player
By DAMIEN GAYLE
4th September 2011
'I'm having a ball': Alan Moore, the 61-year-old Vietnam veteran who is set to become the oldest ever player in NAIA college football
It brings a whole new meaning to the term 'veteran player'.
This month a 61-year-old Vietnam veteran is set to become the oldest player in NAIA college football.
Grandfather-of-five Alan Moore, who is 62 in February, has secured himself a spot as a place-kicker on the team at Faulkner University in Alabama.
'There's certainly a generational gap with the kids,' Mr Moore told the New York Daily News yesterday.
'They call me a little bit of everything: "grandpa", "old man", "old school", "pops", "grand-daddy".
'But I don't mind it. I eat it up. I'm having a ball.'
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