Hall of Fame
The captain of a FUMA football team should be a large young man, shouldn't he?
Not necessarily, as evidenced by Billy Duke, FUMA's football and track captain for 1949-1950. In 1950, he led his football team to a state military title and was named the most valuable backfield performer by his squad.
However, Duke is best know as a track star, a sport in which he also lettered, as he led his squad to numerous championships. He also set the state indoor pole vault record in 1949.
After graduating from FUMA, Duke attended the University of North Carolina, where he ran track and field, played soccer, and won the Freshman Decathlon in 1950.
In 1957 he coached the Air Force team to victory in the Annual Air Force, Army, and Navy Track and Field Championships, winning the pole vault event at that meet.
