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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." One story of the origin of the school's "War Eagle" started with Hairston, the starting quarterback during the Carlisle–Auburn game in 1914.

In the 1916 game against Georgia, 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. The maneuver prompted a rule that stated the ball must be kicked directly off the ground.

References

1. Ethan Brady. "Auburn's 1913 Undefeated Team" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2018. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
2. "Traditions".
3. Michael Skotnicki (August 12, 2014). "Auburn's Best Defense Ever Led the 1914 Tigers to an Undefeated Season Now Recognized as a National Championship".
4. Bryan Matthews (January 31, 2014). "Recognizing the champions".
5. Auburn and Alabama Flirt With Renewed Relationship Archived 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine, The Miami News, December 25, 1928.
6. "Prominent Sport Writer Selects Football Heroes". Columbus Daily Enquirer. December 10, 1916.
7. Loyola Director, Dick Ducote, Dies Archived 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine, The Milwaukee Journal, March 26, 1937.

• 1892 births
• 1980 deaths
• Players of American football from Mississippi
• Auburn Tigers football players
• American football quarterbacks
• American football ends
• People from Crawford, Mississippi