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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.
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]
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