Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. James Howard Duncan was an American football player and coach. After playing for the Duke Blue Devils under Wallace William Wade in 1946, Duncan spent three seasons as a standout defensive lineman for Peahead Walker's Wake Forest Demon Deacons. He was an All-Southern Conference player all three years at Wake Forest and was the team MVP in 1949. Duncan was a Linebacker and defensive end for the New York Giants from 1950 1955. He was named Giants co-captain, along with Kyle Rote in 1954. He missed the entire season due to an injury and was cut by the team the following season. Duncan was the 13th head football coach for the Appalachian State Mountaineers located in the town of Boone in Watauga County, North Carolina, from 1960 64. He had a 31 15 2 as the Mountaineers head coach. On December 4, 1964, Duncan resigned as head football coach at Appalachian State. In 1965, Duncan joined the Saskatchewan Roughriders as an assistant under head coach Eagle Keys