Roy Homewood
Roy M. Homewood was a college football player and coach.
 Homewood c. 1916 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina |
| Playing career | |
| 1914-16 | North Carolina |
| Position(s) | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1919 | North Carolina (assistant) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| 2x All-Southern (1914, 1915) | |
University of North Carolina
Homewood was a prominent end for the North Carolina Tar Heels of the University of North Carolina.[1][2][3] He was selected for an all-time Carolina football team in 1934.[4] He was selected All-Southern in 1915.[5] He also played on the baseball and track teams. In 1919 he helped coach the ends on the Tar Heel football teams.[6][7] One Dr. R. B. Lawson picked Homewood as an end on his all-time North Carolina football team.[8]
World War 1
He achieved a lieutenancy during the First World War.[6]
References
- Parke H. Davis (1916). "National Stars of the Gridiron". St. Nicholas:An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks. 43: 58.
- "Logan Cunningham Shaping Backfield". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 19, 1914.
- "The Thanksgiving Day Game". Carolina Alumni Review: 73.
- "All-Time Carolina Football Team Selected". Carolina Alumni Review. 22 (6): 168. March 1934.
- Dick Jemison (November 30, 1915). "Composite All-Southern Of Ten Of The Dopesters". Atlanta Constitution.
- "N. MAJORITY SAW OVERSEAS DUTY". The Daily Tar Heel. November 27, 1919.
- "Hard Practice At Football". Carolina Alumni Review. 8 (1): 8. October 1919.
- "'All-Time' UNC Teams Compared". Carolina Alumni Review: 14. December 1969.
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