Ferdinand H. Duncan

{{Short description|American football player (1896–1976)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox college football player

|school=Florida Gators

|birth_date={{birth date|1896|6|7}}

|birth_place=Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|mf=y|1976|9|8|1896|6|7}}

|death_place=Richmond, Virginia, U.S.

|height_ft=6

|height_in=2

|weight_lbs=200

|currentposition=End

|pastschools=

• South Dakota (1914–1916)
• Florida (1921–1922)

|highlights=

• All-time Florida team (1935)

}}

Ferdinand Henry "Ferd" "Dunc" Duncan (June 7, 1896 – September 8, 1976) was an American college football player. He was later a traveling salesman.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19330324&id=_SJPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3k0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6559,6025121&hl=en|work=St. Petersburg Times|date=March 24, 1933|title=Outlook|author=Pete Norton}}

Duncan played football at the University of South Dakota, where he was captain of the 1916 team. He was a prominent end for the Florida Gators of the University of Florida.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19350817&id=n6daAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LVUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4930,648961&hl=en|work=Evening Independent|title=Five Sets of Ends To Bid For Two Varsity Wing Positions On Florida Team This Year|author=Frank S. Wright|date=August 17, 1935}}{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i5BGAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA4-PA183|title=University Record of the University of Florida: Undergraduate catalog|first=University of|last=Florida|date=August 7, 2018|via=Google Books}} Coach William G. Kline brought in players from "the University of Oklahoma and the western states" such as Duncan and Ark Newton upon his arrival.{{cite web|url=http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00007572/00001/9j|title=Typescript of a 'History of the University of Florida' by Klein Graham|website=ufdc.ufl.edu}} He scored all of Florida's points in one of the programs first big victories, over Alabama in 1921.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3064930/the_atlanta_constitution/|work=Atlanta Constitution|page=14|date=November 12, 1921|access-date=August 22, 2015|via=Newspapers.com|title=Alabama is Loser 9-2}} Coach Stegeman of Georgia wrote in Spalding's Football Guide that year "Florida, for the first time, had a strong team."{{Cite book|title = Spalding's Football Guide| year=1922 |pages = 89|url = https://archive.org/stream/officialnational07nation#page/n89/mode/2up}}

Duncan was then captain of the 1922 Florida team, ranked by Spalding's Football Guide as the best forward passing team in the country.{{Cite news|url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19230919&id=NkMvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rUwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4791,1950153|title = 'Ark' Newton Ready To Go|last = Newton|first = Virgil M.|date = September 19, 1923|work = St. Petersburg Times}} It was also the first Florida team to play Harvard.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19221101&id=0LVaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AlQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1245,327015&hl=en|title=Gators Start For Harvard|work=The Evening Independent|date=November 1, 1922}} In that game, "Robinson and Duncan stood out all afternoon."{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3055138/the_new_york_times/|title=Harvard Subs Find Florida Team Easy|page=26|date=November 5, 1922|work=The New York Times|access-date=August 20, 2015|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} He scored all of the points in the win over Oglethorpe.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3058263/the_atlanta_constitution/|author=Paul Warwick|title=Oglethorpe Is Defeated by Florida Gator, 12-0; Duncan Proves Big Star|page=1|date=November 26, 1922|work=Atlanta Constitution|access-date=August 21, 2015|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} An all-time Florida team selected by George Trevor in 1935 puts Duncan at first team end, opposite Dale Van Sickel.{{Cite web |url=http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16313coll13/id/212 |title=Tulane University Football Program-The Greenie; Florida vs. Tulane :: Tulane University Football Programs |access-date=August 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060619/http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16313coll13/id/212 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }} Duncan was also a forward on the basketball team.