Paul Stewart Moyer (born July 26, 1961 in

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) is a former professional

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who played seven seasons for the Seattle Seahawks, from

1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...

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. He coached the Seahawks' secondary from

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicist ...

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson ...

. He currently appears as an analyst and occasional host on the Seahawks pregame and postgame shows.

Playing career

As an undrafted rookie out of

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, Moyer played in all sixteen games with one start in 1983. The only interception return for a touchdown of his career occurred in week 3, from 19 yards out at the Kingdome in a victory over the San Diego Chargers. Late in the fourth quarter of Seattle's

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game at

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in Sullivan Stadium, Moyer recovered a blocked punt in the end zone for a touchdown to tie the game at 31; the Seahawks' offense found the end zone a minute later for a In

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...

, Moyer started all sixteen games and led the team with six interceptions. A neck injury ended his career in November 1989, and he served as an assistant coach for the next five years. Moyer played in 98 NFL games with thirty starts, with career totals of eleven interceptions, eight fumble recoveries, and four sacks.

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* 1961 births Living people People from Villa Park, California American football safeties Seattle Seahawks players Sportspeople from Orange County, California Cal State Fullerton Titans football players Arizona State Sun Devils football players Seattle Seahawks coaches Players of American football from California {{defensiveback-1960s-stub