Never Give Up on Your Dream

Warren Moon

Inducted in 2006 Warren Moon is the only African-American quarterback in the NFL Hall of Fame. His path to success was neither easy nor assured. As a seven-year-old growing up in Los Angeles he lost his father to alcoholism and helped his single mom raise six sisters. Playing football as a kid coaches questioned whether because he was black he had the smarts to play quarterback. Repeatedly asked to switch to another position Moon refused knowing that he had both the ability and the intelligence.

In college he played at the University of Washington beating the Michigan Wolverines in the Rose Bowl. Undrafted by the NFL he went to Canada and played for the Edmonton Eskimos leading his team to five consecutive championships. In 1984 he signed with the Houston Oilers and played for the Oilers Seattle Seahawks Minnesota Vikings and Kansas City Chiefs over his 17-year career.

This is the triumphant story of how Warren Moon overcame all obstacles to become one of the Top 5 quarterbacks of all time.>