caption databasefootball years collegehof birth_place teams image_size article_title position draftedpick birth_date nfl pfr probowls image college draftedround draftedyear
moegle on a 1955 bowman football card moegldic01 1955 -- 1959 1960 1961 50087 taylor , texas san francisco 49ers pittsburgh steelers dallas cowboys 175px dicky moegle
 halfback defensive back 10 14 september 1934 moe622935 moegdi00 1 dick moegle - 1955 bowman.jpg rice 1 1955
dicky moegle

richard lee `` dickey '' maegle -lrb- born moegle -rrb- -lrb- born september 14 , 1934 -rrb- is a former american football halfback and defensive back .
he played professionally in the national football league -lrb- nfl -rrb- for seven seasons with the san francisco 49ers , pittsburgh steelers , and dallas cowboys .
maegle played college football at rice university , where he was a consensus all-american in 1954 .
he was inducted into the college football hall of fame in 1979 .
in the 1954 cotton bowl classic against alabama , maegle was involved in one of college football 's most famous plays .
with rice leading 7 -- 6 , maegle broke through on a sweep from rice 's five-yard line , and was running down the sideline in front of alabama 's bench on his way to a touchdown .
alabama 's tommy lewis , without putting on his helmet , jumped off the bench and tackled maegle .
seeing what happened , referee cliff shaw awarded the touchdown , and rice went on to win the game .
maegle finished with 265 rushing yards , which was a cotton bowl classic record until the 2008 game when missouri 's tony temple rushed for 281 yards .
during his playing days , the running back 's last name was spelled `` moegle '' .
because it was constantly mispronounced , several years later he changed his name to `` maegle '' to be more phonetically correct .
