Ray Farris

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]

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.

In 1930 he coached the school's freshman team.^[1]

Also in 1930 he "jumped from college to politics" as an organizer for the state young people's democratic organization.^[9]