Ray Farris

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Ray Farris
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No. 99
Position Guard
Personal information
Weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
College North Carolina Tar Heels (1927–1929)
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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]

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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

  1. 1 2 "Southern Star Will Coach". Evening Huronite. July 23, 1930.
  2. ↑ "Ray Farris Named On All-American Teams". The Daily Tar Heel. December 10, 1929. p. 3.
  3. ↑ "'All-Time' UNC Teams Compared". Carolina Alumni Review: 14. December 1969.
  4. ↑ "All-Time Carolina Football Team Selected". Carolina Alumni Review. 22 (6): 168. March 1934.
  5. ↑ "Tulane, Alabama, Vandy, and Tennessee Win Two Positions On Honor Team". The Bee. December 4, 1929.
  6. 1 2 The Blue Book of Sports: Sport Characters--past and Present. 1931. pp. 179–180.
  7. ↑ Alan Gould (AP Sports Editor) (December 7, 1929). "Three Big Ten Players on A.P. All-American Team: Carideo and Cannon Land Honor Posts". The News-Palladium. Michigan.{{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  8. ↑ "A History of NC Football". University of North Carolina Blue Book for Press and Radio: 17. 1964.
  9. ↑ "Short Sports". Appleton Post Crescent. July 4, 1930.
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