Moon Ducote
American football player and coach (1897–1937) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Richard Joseph "Moon" "Duke" DuCôté (/dʌˈkoʊti/ duh-KOH-tee; August 28, 1897 – March 26, 1937) was an American baseball, football, and basketball coach, football and baseball player, football official, and businessman. He first attended Spring Hill College and was a notable athlete at Auburn University. He played minor league baseball with the Mobile Bears, Portsmouth Truckers, and Charlotte Hornets. In 1920, he played with the Cleveland Tigers of the American Professional Football Association (APFA).
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1897-08-28)August 28, 1897 Cottonport, Louisiana, U.S. |
Died | March 26, 1937(1937-03-26) (aged 39) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1911–1914 | Spring Hill |
1915–1917 | Auburn |
1918 | Cleveland Naval Reserve |
1920 | Cleveland Tigers |
Baseball | |
1919–1921 | Mobile Bears |
1923 | Portsmouth Truckers |
1925–1926 | Charlotte Hornets |
Position(s) | Fullback, end, guard (football) Outfielder (baseball) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1919–1922 | Spring Hill |
1923 | LSU (assistant) |
1924–1925 | Loyola (LA) |
1933 | Spring Hill |
1934 | Spring Hill (backfield/freshmen) |
1935 | Loyola (LA) (backfield) |
Basketball | |
1923–1924 | LSU |
1935–1936 | Loyola (LA) (assistant) |
Baseball | |
1924 | LSU |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1936–1937 | Loyola (LA) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 21–31–4 (football) 8–12 (basketball) 4–9 (baseball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
2× All-Southern (1916, 1917) 2nd team All-Service (1918) Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame | |
He served as the head football coach at Loyola University of New Orleans from 1924 to 1925 and at Spring Hill College for five non-consecutive years between 1919 and 1933. Ducote was the head baseball and basketball coach at Louisiana State University (LSU) in 1924.[1]