Ferdinand H. Duncan

Ferdinand Henrico "Ferd" "Dunc" Duncan was a college football player. He was later a traveling salesman for hotel furnishings. Duncan was a prominent end for the Florida Gators of the University of Florida. William G. Kline brought in players from "the University of Oklahoma and the western states" such as Duncan and Ark Newton upon his arrival. Duncan was once captain of the Oklahoma Sooners football team. He scored all of Florida's points in one of the programs first big victories, over Alabama in 1921. Coach Stegeman of Georgia wrote in Spalding's Football Guide that year "Florida, for the first time, had a strong team." Duncan was then captain of the 1922 team, ranked by Spalding's Football Guide as the best forward passing team in the country. It was also the first Florida team to pl

Ferdinand H. Duncan

Ferdinand Henrico "Ferd" "Dunc" Duncan was a college football player. He was later a traveling salesman for hotel furnishings. Duncan was a prominent end for the Florida Gators of the University of Florida. William G. Kline brought in players from "the University of Oklahoma and the western states" such as Duncan and Ark Newton upon his arrival. Duncan was once captain of the Oklahoma Sooners football team. He scored all of Florida's points in one of the programs first big victories, over Alabama in 1921. Coach Stegeman of Georgia wrote in Spalding's Football Guide that year "Florida, for the first time, had a strong team." Duncan was then captain of the 1922 team, ranked by Spalding's Football Guide as the best forward passing team in the country. It was also the first Florida team to pl