Ray Farris

Ray Farris was a college football player.

Ray Farris
North Carolina Tar Heels – No. 99
PositionGuard
Personal information
Weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career history
CollegeNorth Carolina Tar Heels (1927–1929)
Career highlights and awards

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]

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. "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. The Blue Book of Sports: Sport Characters--past and Present. 1931. pp. 179–180.
  7. Alan Gould (AP Sports Editor) (1929-12-07). "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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