Eric Moss (September 25, 1974 – March 10, 2019) was a professional

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player. Moss played college football at

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. He was an offensive tackle for the

Minnesota Vikings The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division. Founded in 1960 as an expansio ...

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

(but did not appear in a game), and then played guard for the Scottish Claymores in the

NFL Europe NFL Europe League (simply called NFL Europe and known in its final season as NFL Europa League) was a professional American football league that functioned as the developmental minor league of the National Football League (NFL). Originally f ...

League in 1999. Moss was the half brother of

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wide receiver

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1974 births 2019 deaths People from Kanawha County, West Virginia Players of American football from West Virginia American football offensive tackles American football offensive guards Ohio State Buckeyes football players Scottish Claymores players {{offensive-lineman-1970s-stub