Longtime Moon Area Athletic Director Remembered
The late Moon Area High School football coach William Scherer is remembered for his lengthy list of athletic accomplishments.
A former Moon Area High School athletic director and football coach died December 28 in his Moon Township home. He was 87 years old. William "Rip" Scherer lead Moon's athletic program for two decades, marking just one accomplishment on the retired educator's lengthy career in athletics. He served as the director of physical education and athletics at Moon Area High School from 1969 to 1991, also coaching the school's varsity football team from 1969 to 1974. Prior to his career in Moon, the North Side native served as a running back for Penn State during the inaugural Cotton Bowl in 1948. He went on to receive Pittsburgh's Dapper Dan award for outstanding achievment in 1959 and began his coaching career at Millvale, Norwin, North …
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