In 1940, an American surgeon, Dr Austin Moore (1899–1963), performed the first metallic hip replacement at Columbia Hospital in South Carolina. Moore had designed a proximal femoral prosthesis ...

How tackling machine Austin Moore became Kansas State’s latest walk-on success story By Kellis Robinett. Updated July 27, 2024 6:33 PM.

It has been a steady ascent for Moore, a 6-foot-1, 219-pound senior from Louisburg, who after walking on in 2019 played mostly on special teams as a redshirt freshman in 2020.