I’m sure most of you reading this know by now that former Tennessee Titan quarterback Steve McNair was killed Saturday. What most of you probably don’t know is another football player with ties to Tennessee also lost his life Saturday as well.

Terry Moore, who played football at the University of Tennessee from 1973-1976, died after a tree he was cutting fell on him. Moore was one of the first freshmen to join the Volunteer varsity after the NCAA opened the door for freshmen to play varsity ball.

And while Terry Moore had a good career at Tennessee he was one of those guys that went pro in something other than sports. After graduation Moore entered the business world and the ministry seldom straying far from Knoxville or his hometown of Clinton in nearby Anderson County.

I became acquainted with Terry while attending church at Calvary Baptist in Knoxville. At the time Terry and his family were members there when he wasn’t serving as a bi-vocational pastor or preaching revivals somewhere.

Terry was married to his wife, Brenda, for more than 30 years and was a proud husband and father of four sons.

Steve McNair lived his adult life in the eye of the public making the big money associated with a National Football League quarterback. He was well-known and adored by thousands of fans for what he did on Sunday afternoons in the fall. And like Moore, McNair had a wife and adoring children.

When you think about it, Steve McNair the NFL quarterback and Terry Moore the preacher both worked on Sunday as they tried to lead others to victory.

I’ll let you decide whether it was Steve McNair or Terry Moore who leaves the greatest legacy.

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