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Ernest Merrill "Monte" Moore (December 9, 1891 – February 6, 1949) was an American athlete and administrator who was the athletic director at Bates College from 1938 to 1949.

Early life

Moore was born in Randolph, Maine on December 9, 1891, to Walter E. and Rita G (Merrill) Moore). He attended school in Gardiner, Maine and enrolled at Bates College in 1911. He played guard for the school's football team and pitched for the Bates baseball team. He was captain of the 1914 Bates football team and graduated the following spring. In 1918, he married Ruth Frost of Bangor, Maine. They had two daughters.

Administrative career

Moore began his career in education as assistant headmaster at Fort Fairfield High School. He then spent two years as the athletic director and football, baseball, basketball, and track coach at Deering High School. In 1918, he moved to Massachusetts to become the director of athletics at Revere High School. He then spent 17 years as athletic director and football and baseball coach at the Huntington School in Boston. From 1935 to 1938, he was the athletic director at the Wilbraham Wesleyan Academy.

In 1938, Moore returned to Bates College as athletic director. During World War II, coached baseball, basketball, and football teams, which consisted of students from the V-12 Navy College Training Program.

Moore underwent surgery on January 13, 1949. He did not recover and died on February 6, 1949, at the Central Maine General Hospital.

References

1. ^ ""Monte" Moore, Bates Athletic Head, Succumbs". The Lewiston Daily Sun. February 7, 1949. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
2. ""Monte" Moore Elected Captain Bates Eleven". The Lewiston Daily Sun. November 18, 1913. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
3. ^ ""Monte" Moore Is Named Bates Athletic Director". The Lewiston Daily Sun. April 23, 1938. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
4. "Monte Moore To Handle Athletics At Revere". The Lewiston Daily Sun. January 31, 1918. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
5. "Monte Moore Dies, Bates Athletics Head, Ex-Huntington Coach". The Boston Globe. February 7, 1949.
6. "Baseball, Tennis Still on College Sports Schedule". The Lewiston Daily Sun. March 30, 1943. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
7. "Bates Had A Very Easy Court Game". Lewiston Evening Journal. January 24, 1944. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
8. "Bates Closes Grid Season Dropping Mud Battle 18-12 To Submarine Base Eleven". The Lewiston Daily Sun. October 16, 1944. Retrieved 19 January 2025.

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