Moon Ducote
Biographical details | |
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Born | Cottonport, Louisiana, U.S. | August 28, 1897
Died | March 26, 1937 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | (aged 39)
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) | Loyola (LA) (assistant) |
Baseball | |
1924 | LSU |
Administrative career ( 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 | |
Richard Joseph "Moon" "Duke" DuCôté (
He served as the head football coach at
Early life
Ducote was born in Cottonport, Louisiana on August 28, 1897.[2] He later resided in Mobile, Alabama where, as a Catholic, he attended Spring Hill College.[3] It is figured he was known as "Moon" due to his large head.[4]
Auburn
Ducote attended
In the 1916 game against
Ducote falls back to try for a goal from the field. Hairston removes his leather helmet and places it upon the ground. He creases the top of the helmet and sights it for the goal. Spectators curiously watch the proceedings. Suddenly, the ball is passed. Hairston receives it, places it on the helmet, which all suddenly see it is to serve as a mechanical tee. Ducote leaps forward, kicks the ball from the top of the helmet and drives it straight as an arrow for Georgia's crossbar, over which it sails evenly between the posts."[14]
The
Due to the
Professional playing career
In 1920, Ducote played in one game for the Cleveland Tigers in the American Professional Football Association (later renamed the National Football League).[21][22] From 1919 to 1921, he played minor league baseball with the Mobile Bears in the Southern Association.[2] In 1923, he played for the Portsmouth Truckers of the Virginia League, and from 1925 to 1926, he played for the Charlotte Hornets of the South Atlantic League.[2] During this time, he would spend the winters in New Orleans, where he served as a college football coach outside of the baseball season.[23]
On January 9, 1926, he played as a member of the Southern All-Stars, which lost an exhibition game, 14–0, to the Red Grange-led Chicago Bears.[24]
Coaching career
Spring Hill
Spring Hill College hired Ducote as its football coach in December 1918.[25] He coached the 1919 team before playing professionally in Cleveland.[22] He returned to the position for the 1921 season,[26] a post he held through 1922.[27]
Rehired
In December 1932, Spring Hill College rehired Ducote as its head football coach.[28] He resigned on June 1, 1935.[29]
LSU
Ducote spent one season at Louisiana State University as head coach for the basketball and baseball teams. In basketball, he coached the Tigers to an 8–12 finish during the 1923–24 season.[30] Ducote led the LSU baseball team to a 4–9 record in 1924.[31]
Loyola
The
Rehired
Loyola rehired Ducote as an assistant football and head basketball coach in March 1935.[5] He rejoined the football staff as the backfield coach.[5][35] Ducote was also Loyola's athletic director, serving from August 1936 until his death seven months later.[12][36]
Business
In the late 1920s, Ducote was the vice president and general manager of the Nu-Way Cleansing Service.[37]
Officiating
From 1929 to 1934, Ducote worked as a
On September 2, 1935, he was elected chairman of the Southern Football Officials' Association.[44]
Later life and death
In March 1937, he was hospitalized in New Orleans for several weeks with high blood pressure and was considered to be in critical condition.[36] He died in the hospital on March 26, 1937, at the age of 39.[12] He was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.[45]
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Spring Hill Badgers (Independent) (1919–1922) | |||||||||
1919 | Spring Hill | 3–3–1 | |||||||
1920 | Spring Hill | 6–2 | |||||||
1921 | Spring Hill | 4–4 | |||||||
1922 | Spring Hill | 3–4–2 | |||||||
Loyola Wolf Pack (Independent) (1924) | |||||||||
1924 | Loyola | 3–4–2 | |||||||
Loyola Wolf Pack (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1925) | |||||||||
1925 | Loyola | 2–7 | 1–3 | T–15th | |||||
Loyola: | 5–11–2 | 1–3 | |||||||
Spring Hill Badgers (Dixie Conference) (1933) | |||||||||
1933 | Spring Hill | 0–7–1 | 0–5 | 9th | |||||
Spring Hill: | 16–20–2 | ||||||||
Total: | 21–31–4 |
See also
References
- ^ "LSU Fighting Tigers Coaches". sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
- ^ a b c Moon Ducote Minor League Statistics & History, Baseball Reference, retrieved June 12, 2011.
- ^ William McG.Keefe (March 27, 1937). "Viewing the News". Times-Picayune.
- ^ "Richard "Moon" Ducote' | Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame". www.lasportshall.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2018.
- ^ a b c d Moon Ducote Chosen As Coach At Loyola, The Tuscaloosa News, March 10, 1935.
- ^ Sington Praised Highly; Shaughnessy Places Alabama Tackle on All-Time, All-Southern Gridiron Eleven, The Los Angeles Times, August 9, 1931.
- ^ 2007 Auburn Football Media Guide, p. 156, Auburn University, 2007.
- ^ 2007 Auburn Football Media Guide, p. 180.
- ^ "U-T Greats On All-Time Southeast Team". Kingsport Post. July 31, 1969.
- ^ Gridiron Gasps, The Tuscaloosa News, January 10, 1933.
- ^ a b Auburn and Alabama Flirt With Renewed Relationship, The Miami News, December 25, 1928.
- ^ a b c d Loyola Director, Dick Ducote, Dies, The Milwaukee Journal, March 26, 1937.
- ^ "Prominent Sport Writer Selects Football Heroes". Columbus Daily Enquirer. December 10, 1916.
- ^ "1917 Auburn Tigers". Archived from the original on December 10, 2015.
- ^ "Golden Tornado Wins Great Victory" (PDF). The Technique. December 4, 1917. p. 4.
- ^ Proud Panthers Taste Sting of Defeat; Mighty Panthers Bow Tb Harlan, Ducote & Co. Cleveland Naval Reserves Win, 10 to 9, Before Record Crowd--Former Georgia Tech and Auburn Players Stars., The Atlanta Constitution, December 1, 1918.
- ISBN 9780313284045.
- ^ "Richard Ducote Dies In Orleans". State Times. March 26, 1937.
- ^ "Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide ...: Foot Ball Rules as Recommended by the Rules Committee". 1919.
- ^ Moon Ducote Archived November 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Database Football, retrieved June 12, 2011.
- ^ a b ""Moon" Ducote Will Play "Pro" Football". Montgomery Advertiser. November 29, 1919.
- ^ Two Contracts In, Herald-Journal, January 18, 1926.
- ^ Grange & Co. Score Twice To Beat All-Star Foes, The Milwaukee Sentinel, January 10, 1926.
- ^ Ducote to Coach Spring Hill College, The Atlanta Constitution, December 29, 1918.
- ^ Ducote Reappointed Spring Hill Coach, The Atlanta Constitution, December 18, 1920.
- ^ HILLIANS TO PLAY TULANE, The Atlanta Constitution, October 13, 1922.
- ^ Ducote is Spring Hill Coach, The Christian Science Monitor, December 22, 1932.
- ^ Moon Ducote Resigns, The Tuscaloosa News, January 22, 1935.
- ^ 2007–2008 LSU Basketball Media Guide, p. 147, Louisiana State University, 2007.
- ^ 2006 LSU Baseball Official Yearbook, p. 155, Louisiana State University, 2006.
- ^ The Wolf, p. 112, Loyola University of New Orleans, 1924.
- ^ The Wolf, pp. 119–122, Loyola University of New Orleans, 1925.
- ^ The Wolf, pp. 108–110, Loyola University of New Orleans, 1926.
- ^ Howell to Coach Backfield, Herald-Journal, August 24, 1936.
- ^ a b Ducote Critically Ill, The Tuscaloosa News, March 23, 1937.
- ^ The Wolf, p. 214, Loyola University of New Orleans, 1927.
- ^ Georgia Downs Tide In Great Game, 12-0, The Atlanta Constitution, November 29, 1929.
- ^ LOYOLA'S ELEVEN BEATS DETROIT, 9-6; Touchdown and Added Point in First Period Start New Orleans Team to Victory. VISITORS GET LATE TALLY March 84 Yards for Counter Near End of Game--Safety Completes Winner's Total, The New York Times, December 7, 1930.
- ^ Other 18 -- No Title, Daily Boston Globe, November 29, 1931.
- ^ Georgia Tech, Georgia Wage Scoreless Tie, Reading Eagle, November 27, 1932.
- ^ TENNESSEE IS SET FOR L.S.U. INVASION; Major Neyland's Last Eleven in Form After Workout in Flurry of Snow. TEAMS EVENLY MATCHED Louisiana State Is Eager to Atone for Defeat Received at Hands of Tulane., The New York Times, December 8, 1934.
- ^ Ducote To "Help "Work" Rose Bowl Game January 1st, Times Daily, December 24, 1934.
- ^ Officials Pick Ducote, The News and Courier, September 2, 1935.
- ^ "Richard "Moon" Ducote'".
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Moon Ducote at Find a Grave