Moon Ducote, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Moon Ducote

American football player and coach

Date of Birth: 28-Aug-1897

Place of Birth: Cottonport, Louisiana, United States

Date of Death: 26-Mar-1937

Profession: basketball player, basketball coach, baseball player, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Richard Joseph "Moon" "Duke" DuCôté ( 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. 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.