Ducky Pond

Ducky Pond
Biographical details
Born(1902-02-17)February 17, 1902
Torrington, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedAugust 25, 1982(1982-08-25) (aged 80)
Torrington, Connecticut, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1922–1924Yale
Baseball
1923–1925Yale
Position(s)Halfback (football)
Pitcher (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1934–1940Yale
1941Bates
1943Willow Grove NAS
1944Georgia Pre-Flight
1946–1951Bates
Head coaching record
Overall57–60–3
Bowls0–1
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
First-team All-American (1924)

Raymond W. "Ducky" Pond (February 17, 1902 – August 25, 1982) was an American football and baseball player and football coach. He was the head football coach at Yale University from 1934 to 1940, and at Bates College in 1941 and from 1946 to 1951, compiling career college football record of 52–55–3. Pond's record at Yale was 30–25–2 record, including a 4–3 mark versus Harvard. He mentored two of the first three winners of the Heisman Trophy, Larry Kelley and Clint Frank. At Bates, Pond led the undefeated and untied 1946 Bobcats squad to the inaugural Glass Bowl.[1][2]

Pond was a public relations executive after his career in athletics.[3]

  1. ^ Bergin, Thomas. The Game: The Harvard – Yale Football Rivalry, 1875–1983, Yale University Press, New Haven/London, 1984.
  2. ^ Profile, http://abacus.bates.edu/pubs/mag/96-Fall/sports-notes.html; accessed April 6, 2015.
  3. ^ "RAYMOND POND, 80; COACHED AT YALE". The New York Times. Associated Press. August 25, 1982. Retrieved August 11, 2011.