Hap Moran Francis Dale " Hap " Moran ( July 31 , 1901 – December 30 , 1994 ) was a collegiate and professional American football player . He played mainly at halfback for Carnegie Tech ( 1922 ) , Grinnell College ( 1923 – 1925 ) , the Frankford Yellow Jackets ( 1926 ) , the Chicago Cardinals ( 1927 ) , the Pottsville Maroons ( 1928 ) , and the New York Giants ( 1929 – 1933 ) . When he retired from the NFL in 1933 , he held the league records for the longest run from scrimmage ( 91 yards against the Green Bay Packers on November 23 , 1930 ) and most yards receiving in a single game ( 114 yards against the Philadelphia Eagles on October 15 , 1933 ) . His 91 - yard run remained a New York Giants record for 75 years until it was broken by Tiki Barber on December 31 , 2005 . Playing career . High school . Although he eventually made his name in football , Moran was better known in high school for basketball . He was captain of the Iowa All - State team in 1920 , and his team from Boone represented Iowa at the National Interscholastic Tournament at the University of Chicago , where he was named a High School All - American by Amos Alonzo Stagg . Collegiate . He was recruited by Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh primarily for basketball , but also played football . In the 1922 Carnegie – Notre Dame game , the Four Horsemen first formed up as a backfield under the coaching of Knute Rockne . Moran would also play against the Four Horsemen in their last game together in 1930 , when the Notre Dame All - Stars faced the New York Giants in a charity game which raised $ 115 , 000 to benefit New York City ' s unemployed . In 1923 Moran returned to Iowa and played football and basketball for Grinnell College . As a passer his favorite receiver was Morgan Taylor , who won the first Gold Medal for the United States in the 1924 Olympics in Paris running the 400 - meter hurdles . Professional . In 1926 Moran was hired by Frankford Yellow Jackets ' Coach Guy Chamberlin , and his first professional game was against Akron , led by Fritz Pollard , the All - American from Brown University , one of the few black players in the NFL . Moran scored Frankford ' s only points of the game and earned a starting spot as halfback . Frankford won the NFL Championship that season , and Moran was their second - highest scorer . Moran played the first part of the 1927 season with the Yellow Jackets and was then recruited by the Chicago Cardinals , primarily for his kicking skills . He was ranked second in the league for field goals and ninth for points after touchdowns that year . In 1928 he played in the backfield for the Pottsville Maroons with John McNally , better known as Johnny Blood . After New York Giants ' lineman Steve Owen knocked himself unconscious trying to tackle Moran , the Giants invited him to join their team for the last game of the 1928 season . Moran stayed with the Giants for the next five seasons . In the course of his career Moran started at halfback , tailback , wingback , quarterback , blocking back , defensive back and linebacker . In 1930 Moran set the NFL record for the longest run from scrimmage , in 1931 he was the Giants ' scoring leader , and in 1933 he set the NFL record for the most yards receiving in a single game . After retiring from the NFL he played for the Paterson Panthers of the American Association , and coached the Panthers in 1936 . After his football career , he was a buyer for Western Electric , living in Sunnyside , Queens , New York and coaching a youth football team there .