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Moon Ducote
Richard Joseph "Moon" Ducote (August 28, 1897 – March 26, 1937) was an American baseball, football, and basketball coach, football and baseball player, football official, and businessman. 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 1934. Ducote was the head baseball and basketball coach at Louisiana State University in 1924. 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.
==Early life==
Ducote was born in Cottonport, Louisiana on August 28, 1897.〔 Later a resident of Mobile, Alabama, Ducote attended Auburn University, where he played on the football team under Mike Donahue, primarily as a fullback, but also as a guard and end from 1916 to 1917.〔(SINGTON PRAISED HIGHLY; Shaughnessy Places Alabama Tackle on All-Time, All-Southern Gridiron Eleven ), ''The Los Angeles Times'', Aug 9, 1931.〕〔(''2007 Auburn Football Media Guide'' ), p. 156, Auburn University, 2007.〕 He was named to the All-Southern team in both 1916 and 1917.〔''2007 Auburn Football Media Guide'', p. 180.〕 At Auburn, he was known for his skill at drop kicking.〔 In the 1916 game against ,〔(Auburn and Alabama Flirt With Renewed Relationship ), ''The Miami News'', December 25, 1928.〕 Ducote kicked a 40-yard field goal off of teammate Legare Hairston's football helmet in the fourth quarter and in the mud, which proved the only points in the 3–0 Auburn victory.〔〔 The maneuver prompted a rule that stated the ball must be kicked directly off the ground.〔 He was nominated though not selected for an ''Associated Press'' All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team. In 1933, Mike Donahue and Dr. John O. Rush published their choice for the "All-Time Auburn Football Team" in the ''Mobile Press-Register'', which named Ducote as the fullback. Donahue noted that Ducote was "undoubtedly the best ever" according to ''The Tuscaloosa News''.〔(Gridiron Gasps ), ''The Tuscaloosa News'', January 10, 1933.〕 He stood 5 feet 10 inches and weighed 187 pounds.
Due to the First World War in 1918, Ducote played on the Cleveland Naval Reserve football team alongside Georgia Tech fullback Judy Harlan, which upset national champion Pittsburgh by a 10 to 9 score.〔(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'', Dec 1, 1918.〕 Ducote kicked the winning field goal.
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