Legare Hairston
| Auburn Tigers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Quarterback |
| Class | Graduate |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | November 18, 1892 Crawford, Mississippi |
| Died: | 2 March, 1944 Mobile, Alabama |
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | Auburn (1913–1916) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Legare "Lucy" Hairston (November 19, 1892 – January 1980) was an American football player for Mike Donahue's Auburn Tigers of Auburn University. One writer claims "Auburn had a lot of great football teams, but there may not have been one greater than the 1913-1914 team."[1] One story of the origin of the school's "War Eagle" started with Hairston,[2] the starting quarterback during the Carlisle–Auburn game in 1914.[3][4]
In the 1916 game against Georgia,[5] Moon Ducote kicked a 40-yard field goal off of Hairston's football helmet in the fourth quarter and in the mud, which proved the only points in the 3–0 Auburn victory.[6] The maneuver prompted a rule that stated the ball must be kicked directly off the ground.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Ethan Brady. "Auburn's 1913 Undefeated Team" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2018. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
- ^ "Traditions".
- ^ Michael Skotnicki (August 12, 2014). "Auburn's Best Defense Ever Led the 1914 Tigers to an Undefeated Season Now Recognized as a National Championship".
- ^ Bryan Matthews (January 31, 2014). "Recognizing the champions".
- ^ Auburn and Alabama Flirt With Renewed Relationship Archived 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine, The Miami News, December 25, 1928.
- ^ "Prominent Sport Writer Selects Football Heroes". Columbus Daily Enquirer. December 10, 1916.
- ^ Loyola Director, Dick Ducote, Dies Archived 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine, The Milwaukee Journal, March 26, 1937.