Ray Farris
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| No. 99 | |
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| Position | Guard |
| Personal information | |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | North Carolina Tar Heels (1927–1929) |
| Awards and highlights | |
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Ray Farris was a college football player.
University of North Carolina
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]In 1930 he coached the school's freshman team.[1]
Politics
[edit | edit source]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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