Ferdinand H. Duncan

Ferdinand H. Duncan
Florida Gators
Position End
Career history
College Florida (1921–1922)
Personal information
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg)
Career highlights and awards
  • All-time Florida team (1935)

Ferdinand Henrico "Ferd" "Dunc" Duncan was a college football player. He was later a traveling salesman for hotel furnishings.[1] Duncan was a prominent end for the Florida Gators of the University of Florida.[2][3] William G. Kline brought in players from "the University of Oklahoma and the western states" such as Duncan and Ark Newton upon his arrival.[4] Duncan was once captain of the Oklahoma Sooners football team.[4] He scored all of Florida's points in one of the programs first big victories, over Alabama in 1921.[5] Coach Stegeman of Georgia wrote in Spalding's Football Guide that year "Florida, for the first time, had a strong team."[6] Duncan was then captain of the 1922 team, ranked by Spalding's Football Guide as the best forward passing team in the country.[7] It was also the first Florida team to play Harvard.[8] In that game, "Robinson and Duncan stood out all afternoon."[9] He scored all of the points in the win over Oglethorpe.[10] An all-time Florida team selected by George Trevor in 1935 puts Duncan at first team end, opposite Dale Van Sickel.[11] Duncan was also a forward on the basketball team.

References

  1. ↑ Pete Norton (March 24, 1933). "Outlook". St. Petersburg Times.
  2. ↑ Frank S. Wright (August 17, 1935). "Five Sets of Ends To Bid For Two Varsity Wing Positions On Florida Team This Year". Evening Independent.
  3. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=i5BGAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA4-PA183#v=onepage&q&f=false
  4. 1 2 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00007572/00001/9j
  5. ↑ "Alabama is Loser 9-2". Atlanta Constitution. November 12, 1921. p. 14. Retrieved August 22, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Spalding's Football Guide. p. 89.
  7. ↑ Newton, Virgil M. (September 19, 1923). "'Ark' Newton Ready To Go". St. Petersburg Times.
  8. ↑ "Gators Start For Harvard". The Evening Independent. November 1, 1922.
  9. ↑ "Harvard Subs Find Florida Team Easy". The New York Times. November 5, 1922. p. 26. Retrieved August 20, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Paul Warwick (November 26, 1922). "Oglethorpe Is Defeated by Florida Gator, 12-0; Duncan Proves Big Star". Atlanta Constitution. p. 1. Retrieved August 21, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16313coll13/id/212
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