Editing Warren Moon (section)

==Early life==
Born on November 18, 1956, in [[Los Angeles]], Moon was the middle child amongst six sisters. His father, Harold, was a [[laborer]] and died of liver disease when Moon was seven years old. His mother, Pat, was a [[nurse]], and Warren learned to cook, sew, iron, and housekeep to help take care of the family. Early on, Moon decided that he could play only one sport in high school because he had to work the rest of the year to help the family. Moon chose to play football as a quarterback since he found that he could throw a football longer, harder, and straighter than anyone he knew.<ref name="black contemporary">{{cite journal |year=2006 |title=Warren Moon |journal=Contemporary Black Biography |publisher=The Gale Group, Inc |url=http://www.answers.com/topic/warren-moon |access-date=February 16, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Plaschke |first=Bill |author-link=Bill Plaschke |date=July 30, 2006 |title=Moon Made His Position Clear From Start |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-30-sp-plaschke30-story.html |access-date=February 16, 2009 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20060730/moon30/the-man-that-is-moon |title=The man that is Moon |last=Bishop |first=Greg |date=July 30, 2006 |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 16, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE1D91239F932A15753C1A966958260 |title=Moon: He Wears No. 1, And He's Playing Like It |last=George |first=Thomas |date=October 21, 1990 |work=The New York Times |access-date=February 16, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.profootballhof.com/history/release.jsp?release_id=2179 |title=Warren Moon's enshrinement speech transcript |date=August 5, 2006 |publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame |access-date=February 16, 2009}}</ref>

Moon enrolled at [[Alexander Hamilton High School (Los Angeles, California)|Alexander Hamilton High School]], using the address of one of his mother's friends to gain the advantages of a better academic and athletic reputation than his neighborhood high school could offer. Moon had little playing time until his junior year, when he took over as varsity starting quarterback. In Moon's senior season in 1973, the football team reached the city playoffs and Moon was named to the all-city team.<ref name="black contemporary" />