Donn Moomaw is a retired American football

American football

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 player and Presbyterian minister.

Moomaw played for UCLA

UCLA Bruins Football

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 as the center

Center (American football)

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 and linebacker for the team. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame

College Football Hall of Fame

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 in 1973.

Moomaw later became a Presbyterian minister, most notably serving Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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' Bel Air Presbyterian Church

Bel Air Presbyterian Church

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 as pastor from 1964 to 1993. During this time, he became friends with California Governor

Governor of California

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 Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

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 and wife Nancy

Nancy Reagan

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; Moomaw later gave the invocation

Invocation

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 and benediction

Benediction

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 at Reagan's 1981 presidential inauguration. In 1993, he was forced to resign as a result of "sexual contact" with five women.

Moomaw was born in Santa Ana, California and attended its Santa Ana High School

Santa Ana High School

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