Ray Farris
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| North Carolina Tar Heels No. 99 | |
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| Position | Guard |
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| College | North Carolina Tar Heels (1927–1929) |
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| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
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Ray Farris was a college football player.
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. One Dr. R. B. Lawson picked Farris as a guard on his all-time North Carolina football team.
He was captain and All-Southern in 1929. The 1929 team scored a record 346 points. 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.
In 1930 he coached the school's freshman team.
Also in 1930 he "jumped from college to politics" as an organizer for the state young people's democratic organization.
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