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| North Carolina Tar Heels–No. 99 | |
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| Position | Guard |
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| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
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| College | North Carolina Tar Heels (1927–1929) |
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Ray Farris was a college football player.
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| North Carolina Tar Heels–No. 99 | |
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| Position | Guard |
| Personal information | |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | North Carolina Tar Heels (1927–1929) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Ray Farris was a college football player.
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]
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.
In 1930 he coached the school's freshman team. [1]
Also in 1930 he "jumped from college to politics" as an organizer for the state young people's democratic organization. [9]
Roy Allen Williams is an American retired college basketball coach who served as the men's head coach for the North Carolina Tar Heels for 18 seasons and the Kansas Jayhawks for 15 seasons. He was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007. Williams is widely regarded as one of the best collegiate basketball coaches of all time.
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The 1929 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1929 Southern Conference football season. Tulane won the SoCon championship.
The 1930 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations for the 1930 Southern Conference football season. Alabama won the Southern and national championship.
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