Moe Morhardt

Meredith Goodwin "Moe" Morhardt (born January 16, 1937) is an American former Major League Baseball first baseman.

[1] Morhardt attended the University of Connecticut, where he was a two-sport All-American in soccer and baseball, also playing basketball during his freshman year.

[2] After three seasons of baseball at Connecticut, Morhardt was signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in summer 1959.

He spent the remainder of 1959 at three minor league levels, spending most of the season with the Class D Paris Lakers.

As head baseball coach, Morhardt had a record of 299–134, winning eight league titles and four Class M state championships.