Friends and family came to the Grace Community Church in Sun Valley on Feb. 15 to memorialize former San Fernando High, USC and NFL football player and lifetime Valley resident Manfred Moore (right), who died on Jan. 11. Moore played both professional football and rugby before settling into a career in finance. His son Jason (left, standing) remembered his father as “a tough guy with a tender heart who only showed love to me. He had some amazing accolades…[but] he knew he was blessed throughout his life.”

Friends and family came to the Grace Community Church in Sun Valley on Feb. 15 to memorialize former San Fernando High, USC and NFL football player and lifetime Valley resident Manfred Moore (right), who died on Jan. 11. Moore played both professional football and rugby before settling into a career in finance. His son Jason (left, standing) remembered his father as “a tough guy with a tender heart who only showed love to me. He had some amazing accolades…[but] he knew he was blessed throughout his life.”