Joan Moser

Joan Moser
Joan Moser from the 1968 Ursinus yearbook
Personal information
Full nameJoan Elaine Moser[1]
Bornc. 1946 (age 77–78)

Joan Elaine Moser (born c. 1946)[citation needed] is an American former field hockey and softball player. She played on the U.S. women's national field hockey team from 1967 to 1979 and was in the first class of inductees into the U.S. Field Hockey Association Hall of Fame. She also played for the world champion Raybestos Brakettes softball team.

Early years

Joan Moser graduated from Cheltenham High School in 1964 and attended Ursinus College. She earned four varsity letters in field hockey and was the team captain as a senior.[2] The Ursinus field hockey team lost only one game during the years (1964–1967) that Moser played.[3]

Field hockey and softball career

Moser was a member of the U.S. women's national field hockey team from 1966 to 1977. She also played on international touring teams in Germany (1967), New Zealand (1971), Holland (1973), Scotland (1975), and Trinidad (1978). She was a member of the United States national champion indoor hockey team in 1987.[3]

She played professional softball for the Glenettes in 1968[4] and for the Telford Wanderers in 1970.[5] She was a member of the Raybestos Brakettes' 1974 world championship softball team.[3]

From 1968 to 1985, Moser worked as a teacher and coach (field hockey, basketball, and softball) at North Penn High School in Towamencin Township, Pennsylvania. Her softball teams won nineteen league championships and three state championships.[2] She later coached the Ursinus softball team.[3]

Honors

In 1988, with the establishment of the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame, Moser was honored as one of its charter inductees.[6]

References

  1. ^ Van Horn, Janis L.; Darrah, John B. II; Fielding, Charles E. Jr.; Earhart, James H.; Lyon, Frank A.; and Senior Class, Ursinus College, "1968 Ruby Yearbook" (1968). The Ruby Yearbooks. 72. https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/ruby/72
  2. ^ a b "Joan Moser". North Penn Alumni Athletic Association. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "23 women become first to enter U.S. 'Hall'". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. January 17, 1988. p. C8 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Glenettes Win Three On Mid-West Swing". Central News-Herald. Perkasie, Pennsylvania. July 17, 1968. p. B8 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Wanderers Win Five of Six, Face Raybestos Friday". Central News-Herald. July 1, 1970. p. B4 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Hall of Fame Inductees". USA Field Hockey. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2021.