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Wally Moon was unusual for his time because when he signed his first professional contract, his father made sure to include a provision that allowed Wally to pursue his college education while paying his dues in the minor leagues. Unlike most players, he did not sign a professional contract right out of high school but instead pursued a college degree at Texas A&M University, where he played both basketball and baseball. Not surprisingly, he became something of an athletic legend at the university. Elected to the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1967, Wally was a two-time letter winner in both basketball and baseball, 1949 & 1950, and earned All-Southwest Conference honors in baseball in 1950. While his signing with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1950 brought his collegiate career to a close, the contract specifically allowed him to leave his minor league team and return to school. Consequently, when Wally finally arrived in the major leagues in 1954 at the age of twenty-four, he had already earned both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from Texas A&M.
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