Vietnam veteran, 61, set to be America's oldest NAIA college football player

I am 52, back in college and I can tell you, most days, I need a nap after class. Keeping up with students my daughter's age isn't easy but they make it fun. I love making videos, so I love what I'm learning. To think this Vietnam Vet, almost ten years older than I am, is not only in class but playing football on top of it, stuns me! Just goes to show there is no stopping these veterans.

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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