Ray Farris
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| North Carolina Tar Heels – No. 99 | |
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| Position | Guard |
| Career history | |
| College | North Carolina Tar Heels (1927–1929) |
| Personal information | |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Ray Farris was a college football player.
University of North Carolina
Farris was a prominent guard for the North Carolina Tar Heels of the University of North Carolina. He was known as a multi-threat guard because he could also do the work of a back.[1][2] One Dr. R. B. Lawson picked Farris as a guard on his all-time North Carolina football team.[3][4]
1929
He was captain and All-Southern in 1929.[5][6] The 1929 team scored a record 346 points.[6] Farris was also selected as a third-team All-American.[7] The 1929 season was seen as a great turnaround for the UNC football team, led by the "hell-for-leather guard" Farris.[8] He wore #99.
1930
In 1930 he coached the school's freshman team.[1]
Politics
Also in 1930 he "jumped from college to politics" as an organizer for the state young people's democratic organization.[9]
References
- "Southern Star Will Coach". Evening Huronite. July 23, 1930.
- "Ray Farris Named On All-American Teams". The Daily Tar Heel. December 10, 1929. p. 3.
- "'All-Time' UNC Teams Compared". Carolina Alumni Review: 14. December 1969.
- "All-Time Carolina Football Team Selected". Carolina Alumni Review. 22 (6): 168. March 1934.
- "Tulane, Alabama, Vandy, and Tennessee Win Two Positions On Honor Team". The Bee. December 4, 1929.
- The Blue Book of Sports: Sport Characters--past and Present. 1931. pp. 179–180.
- Alan Gould (AP Sports Editor) (1929-12-07). "Three Big Ten Players on A.P. All-American Team: Carideo and Cannon Land Honor Posts". The News-Palladium. Michigan.
- "A History of NC Football". University of North Carolina Blue Book For Press and Radio: 17. 1964.
- "Short Sports". Appleton Post Crescent. July 4, 1930.