Wilfred Joseph "Dukes" Duford was an American college football player, coach, and university athletic director.
11 Facts About Dukes Duford
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Dukes Duford was the head football coach at Saint Louis University, Saint Ambrose University, and the University of Saint Mary.
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Dukes Duford attended Niagara High School and Marquette University, where he played football, baseball, and basketball.
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Dukes Duford saw action in three games in 1924 as a halfback.
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Dukes Duford began his college football coaching career with a two-year stint at the University of Saint Mary in Kansas.
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Dukes Duford then moved on to Saint Ambrose University in Iowa, where he coached from 1931 to 1939.
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Dukes Duford served as both the head football coach and athletic director at Saint Louis from 1940 to 1947.
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In 1966, Dukes Duford was working as the Commissioner of the St Louis Council on Human Relations, which was set up to facilitate racial integration of the city.
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Dukes Duford returned to Saint Louis University as its interim athletic director in 1967.
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Dukes Duford was inducted into the Saint Louis University's Billiken Hall of Fame in 1995.
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Dukes Duford died at his Missouri home in 1981 of a heart ailment.