Duke Wells
{{Short description|American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Duke Wells
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|2|5}}
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|11|28|1914|2|5}}
| death_place =
| alma_mater =
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1932–1934
| player_team2 = Henderson State
| player_sport3 = Basketball
| player_years4 = c. 1932–1934
| player_team4 = Henderson State
| player_sport5 = Baseball
| player_years6 = c. 1932–1934
| player_team6 = Henderson State
| player_years7 = 1937–1938
| player_team7 = Jackson Generals
| player_years8 = 1938
| player_team8 = Hot Springs Bathers
| player_years9 = 1939
| player_team9 = Fulton Tigers
| player_positions = Second baseman, third baseman (baseball)
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1941–1961
| coach_team2 = Henderson State
| coach_sport3 = Basketball
| coach_years4 = 1941–1949
| coach_team4 = Henderson State
| coach_sport5 = Baseball
| coach_years6 = 1952–1955
| coach_team6 = Henderson State
| coach_years7 = 1957–1961
| coach_team7 = Henderson State
| admin_years1 = 1962–1979
| admin_team1 = Henderson State
| overall_record = 73–78–11 (football)
63–62 (basketball)
86–60 (baseball)
| bowl_record =
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| championships = Football
2 AIC (1950, 1959)
Baseball
2 AIC (1953, 1958)
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John D. "Duke" Wells (February 5, 1914 – November 28, 1989) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=wells-002joh|title=John Wells|publisher=Baseball-Reference|access-date=July 10, 2018}} He served as the head football coach at Henderson State Teachers College—now known as Henderson State University—in Arkadelphia, Arkansas in 1941 and from 1945 to 1961, compiling a record of 73–78–11. He was also Henderson State's head basketball coach from 1941 to 1949, tallying a mark of 63–62. The school's basketball arena is named after him.{{cite web|url=http://hsusports.com/sports/2012/3/8/GEN_0308124039.aspx|title=Duke Wells Center|publisher=hsusports.com|access-date=July 21, 2018}}
Head coaching record
=Football=
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Henderson State Reddies
| conf = Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference
| startyear = 1941
| endyear = 1961
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1941
| name = Henderson State
| overall = 1–7–2
| conference = 1–5
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1942
| name = No team—World War II
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1943
| name = No team—World War II
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| year = 1944
| name = No team—World War II
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1945
| name = Henderson State
| overall = 3–5
| conference = 3–2
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1946
| name = Henderson State
| overall = 6–3–1
| conference = 4–2
| confstanding = 3rd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1947
| name = Henderson State
| overall = 1–7–1
| conference = 0–6–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1948
| name = Henderson State
| overall = 3–7
| conference = 3–4
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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| championship =
| year = 1949
| name = Henderson State
| overall = 7–2
| conference = 6–2
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1950
| name = Henderson State
| overall = 6–1–2
| conference = 6–0–2
| confstanding = 1st
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1951
| name = Henderson State
| overall = 5–3–1
| conference = 5–1–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1952
| name = Henderson State
| overall = 4–4
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = 2nd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1953
| name = Henderson State
| overall = 3–5
| conference = 3–3
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1954
| name = Henderson State
| overall = 4–4
| conference = 3–2
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1955
| name = Henderson State
| overall = 5–3–1
| conference = 4–1–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1956
| name = Henderson State
| overall = 4–4–1
| conference = 3–2–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1957
| name = Henderson State
| overall = 2–5–1
| conference = 1–4–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1958
| name = Henderson State
| overall = 3–6
| conference = 2–4
| confstanding = 5th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1959
| name = Henderson State
| overall = 6–2–1
| conference = 5–0–1
| confstanding = T–1st
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1960
| name = Henderson State
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = 3rd
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1961
| name = Henderson State
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = 5th
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Henderson State
| overall = 73–78–11
| confrecord = 60–45–8
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 73–78–11
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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External links
- {{Baseballstats|brm=wells-002joh}}
{{Henderson State Reddies football coach navbox}}
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Category:Jackson Generals (KITTY League) players