Ray Farris was a
college football
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Unlike most ...
player.
University of North Carolina
Farris was a prominent
guard
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* Prison ...
for the
North Carolina Tar Heels
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of the
University of North Carolina
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. He was known as a multi-threat guard because he could also do the work of a
back.
[ One Dr. R. B. Lawson picked Farris as a guard on his all-time North Carolina football team.
]
1929
He was captain
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and All-Southern in 1929.[ Farris was also selected as a third-team All-American. The 1929 season was seen as a great turnaround for the UNC football team, led by the "hell-for-leather guard" Farris. He wore #99.
]
1930
In 1930 he coached the school's freshman team.
Politics
Also in 1930 he "jumped from college to politics" as an organizer for the state young people's democratic organization.
References
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American football guards
North Carolina Tar Heels football players
All-Southern college football players
Year of birth missing
North Carolina Tar Heels football coaches