Herman Moore of Brownwood was a four-year basketball letterman at Howard Payne and is a member of HPU’s 300-point scoring club. During his senior year in 1950, Howard Payne defeated Southwest Conference foe SMU by one point. He also coached at Howard Payne in 1968 but is best known as a rancher. Herman produced commercial herds of Angora goats, fine-wool ewes and crossbred lambs in Brown, Comanche, and Mills counties. He was a member of the Mohair Council of America. He served three terms as its president and helped build foreign markets, making trips to 31 countries. Moore, who died in 2021, joined his brother Robert Moore as one of five pairs of brothers in the HPU Athletics Hall of Fame.