Butch Duhe was a legendary QB coming out of Holy Cross School in New Orleans. Butch had his choice of colleges to attend including Notre Dame, the buzz of college football at that time. The Irish had been named 1966 National Champions. When he arrived to compete for the Tigers, Buddy Lee and Mike Hillman were holding serve over both Duhe and a promising player named Bert Jones.

Named All-State at Holy Cross in 1965 and 1966, Duhe was the ultimate competitor. Butch’s motto as a quarterback was ‘run first, throw if you have to.’ He had lettered at LSU in 1969.

reigned supreme to start the ’70 campaign. The Tigers were preparing for their season opener against Texas A&M. On Monday of game week, Duhe dropped to the ground, suffering from a brain aneurysm He would not recover.

Herman Joseph Duhe