Charley Moran Charles Barthell Moran ( February 22 , 1878 – June 14 , 1949 ) , nicknamed " Uncle Charley , " was an American sportsman who gained renown as both a catcher and umpire in Major League Baseball and as a collegiate and professional football coach . Early life . Moran was born in Nashville , Tennessee , and played football for the University of Tennessee in 1897 , but left after one year to go to Bethel College , where he coached football as well as playing the sport . After graduating , he became an assistant to Pop Warner at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School , and played minor league baseball in 1902 for teams in Little Rock , Chattanooga and Dallas . In , Moran pitched for the National League ' s St . Louis Cardinals , who finished in last place , but he appeared in only three games ( plus another as a shortstop ) before injuring his arm . He posted a 5 . 25 earned run average in his brief tenure of 24 innings , being charged with a loss without earning a win , but also batted . 429 . He went back to the minor leagues to manage the Dallas Giants in 1904 , and continued playing with teams in Galveston ( 1905 ) , Waco and Cleburne ( 1906 ) , Grand Rapids ( 1906 – 07 ) and Savannah ( 1908 ) . He returned to the Cardinals as a catcher in 1908 and played in 21 games , batting . 175 as the team again finished last . His minor league career continued with teams in Milwaukee , Mobile , New Orleans , Dallas and Montgomery until he suffered a broken leg in 1912 . He briefly played with teams in Chattanooga and Brunswick in 1913 before retiring as a player . After managing an Austin team in 1914 , he began umpiring , in the Texas League in 1915 – 16 and the Southern Association in 1917 . Coaching and officiating . Moran began coaching football in 1909 at Texas A & M , where he accumulated a 38 – 8 – 4 record as head coach over six seasons through 1914 . Note . This may be incorrect as he was elevated to head coach after the second game of the 1909 season . He became a National League umpire in 1918 , a job he held through the 1939 season . He officiated in four World Series ( 1927 , 1929 , 1933 , and 1938 ) , serving as crew chief on the last two occasions . He was behind the plate on May 8 , 1929 when Carl Hubbell of the New York Giants pitched an 11 – 0 no - hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates . Moran also resumed his career as a football head coach in 1919 at Centre College , where he had a 42 – 6 – 1 record in five seasons . He had previously been working as an assistant coach at Carlisle , and had visited Centre to see his son Tom — later an NFL player with the New York Giants — play ; after helping the team prepare for an important contest he was offered the head coaching job by the school . His record including undefeated seasons in 1919 and 1921 , when the team was led on the field by Hall of Fame quarterback Bo McMillin . On October 29 , 1921 , Moran guided Centre College to a historic 6 – 0 upset of Harvard , which had been unbeaten the previous two seasons . The game , commonly appreviated “ C6 - H0 ” , was ranked the 3rd biggest upset in college football history by ESPN . During the 1921 season Moran began a friendship with future baseball commissioner Happy Chandler , who was then a player on an opposing Transylvania University team . Moran then moved to Bucknell University , where he had a 19 – 10 – 2 record from 1924 through 1926 . He was co - coach with Ed Weir of the NFL ' s Frankford Yellow Jackets in 1927 , but left after the team managed only a 6 – 9 – 3 season . His final coaching job was at Catawba College from 1930 through 1933 , where he had a 22 – 11 – 5 record . Moran died of heart disease at age 71 in Horse Cave , Kentucky , and was buried at Horse Cave Cemetery . He was named to the Texas A & M Athletic Hall of Fame in 1968 .