Claude Simons, Jr.
Simons as a football player at Tulane
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
January 16, 1914 New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Died | January 5, 1975 (aged 60) New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1932–1934 | Tulane |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1935–1937 | Transylvania |
| 1942–1945 | Tulane |
| Basketball | |
| 1938–1942 | Tulane |
| Baseball | |
| 1938–1941 | Tulane |
| 1943–1949 | Tulane |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1946–1947 | Tulane |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 13–17–1 (football, Tulane only) 19–44 (basketball) 91–69 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Baseball 1 SEC (1948) |
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| Awards | |
| All-SEC (1934) | |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1963 (profile) |
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Claude M. "Little Monk" Simons Jr. (January 16, 1914 – January 5, 1975) was an American college football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Tulane from 1942 to 1945 and amassed a 13–17–1 record. Simons served as the Tulane baseball coach from 1938 to 1941 and 1943 to 1949, and as the basketball coach there from 1938 to 1942.
Simons was born on January 16, 1914 in New Orleans and later attended the Isidore Newman School. Simons' father, Claude "Monk" Simons Sr., served as the head coach for the Tulane baseball, basketball, track, and boxing teams, and as the Tulane football team trainer from 1926 until his death in 1943.
Simons attended Tulane University, where he played football as the team's "star kicking and passing halfback," and earned varsity letters from 1932 to 1934. During the 1934 season, Simons scored a touchdown in the final three minutes to defeat rival LSU by a single point, causing his mother to faint. Simons helped lead Tulane to a comeback win over Pop Warner's Temple in the inaugural Sugar Bowl, 20–14. Simons scored touchdowns on 75- and 83-yard rushes. Tulane finished with a 10–1 record, and won a share of the Southeastern Conference co-championship. The Associated Press selected Simons to its All-America third team. For the season, Simons led the team in rushing, passing, and scoring.
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