Richard Cartwright "Cart" Carmichael (December 5, 1902December 12, 1960) was a college basketball player. He was the first member of the

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to earn

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honors in any sport, when he was named to the 1923 first team for men's

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, an honor he also received in 1924. Carmichael could play all three positions: guard, forward, and center. He is the earliest UNC player with his jersey "honored" in the rafters. Carmichael was a member of the basketball team named

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and

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"Champions of the South" after winning the

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tournament at the

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. The 1924 team went undefeated and also had All-American

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. The team was retrospectively awarded the 1924 national championship by the

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some eleven years later. In addition to two regular season and two postseason conference championships, Carmichael was a three time All-Southern Conference selection. In 1922, he and his brother, Billy, became the first brothers to ever play together on the same Tar Heel basketball team. Billy was later vice-president of the Consolidated University of North Carolina and for whom the William D. Carmichael Jr. Auditorium (now

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) on campus was named. He also lettered as an outfielder for the UNC baseball team, and played football. He also managed the Liggett and Myers Tobacco Co. stemmery."Carmichael to be Buried Here Today", The Charlotte Observer Charlotte, North Carolina 14 Dec 1960, Wed • Page 9 Coach

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later recalled, "That 1924 team was characterized by quickness and speed...It was a very, very fast team, and we used the

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effectively...I had inherited a very good group of boys from the team before...Carmichael and Dodderer were exceptionally good...Carmichael and Cobb were so fast and quick with their faking and feinting and breaking, and Carmichael could drive to the basket with unbelievable speed and hold himself in the air for a long time, like he was suspended."

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