20 Facts About Moon Ducote

Moon Ducote first attended Spring Hill College and was a notable athlete at Auburn University.

Moon Ducote played minor league baseball with the Mobile Bears, Portsmouth Truckers, and Charlotte Hornets.

Moon Ducote 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.

Moon Ducote was born in Cottonport, Louisiana on August 28,1897.

Moon Ducote later resided in Mobile, Alabama where, as a Catholic, he attended Spring Hill College.

Moon Ducote attended Auburn University, where he played on the Tigers football team under Mike Donahue from 1915 to 1917, primarily in the backfield as a fullback or halfback due to his skill at drop kicking, but as a guard and end.

Donahue noted that Moon Ducote was "undoubtedly the best ever" according to The Tuscaloosa News.

Moon Ducote falls back to try for a goal from the field.

Auburn's only points came when Moon Ducote circled around end for 17 yards and lateraled to William Donahue, who ran down the sideline for a six-yard touchdown.

Moon Ducote was supposed to return to Auburn in 1919, but played baseball instead.

In 1920, Moon Ducote played in one game for the Cleveland Tigers in the American Professional Football Association.

Moon Ducote coached the 1919 team before playing professionally in Cleveland.

Moon Ducote returned to the position for the 1921 season, a post he held through 1922.

Moon Ducote spent one season at Louisiana State University as head coach for the basketball and baseball teams.

Moon Ducote rejoined the football staff as the backfield coach.

Moon Ducote was Loyola's athletic director, serving from August 1936 until his death seven months later.

From 1929 to 1934, Moon Ducote worked as a football official in the Southern Conference and Southeastern Conference, including as a linesman, umpire, and referee.

Moon Ducote helped officiate the 1935 Rose Bowl as the field judge.

Moon Ducote died in the hospital on March 26,1937, at the age of 39.

Moon Ducote was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.