1958 North Carolina Tar Heels football team explained

Year:1958
Team:North Carolina Tar Heels
Sport:football
Conference:Atlantic Coast Conference
Short Conf:ACC
Record:6–4
Conf Record:4–3
Head Coach:Jim Tatum
Hc Year:4th
Captain:Phil Blazer, Curtis Hathaway
Stadium:Kenan Memorial Stadium

The 1958 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1958 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by fourth-year head coach Jim Tatum and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. The team competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in fourth.

Two-way end Al Goldstein was named a first-team All-American by the Football Writers Association of America and the NEA.[1]

This was Tatum's last year as head coach, as he unexpectedly died at age 46 of a typhus-like illness in July 1959.[2] [3] He had a record of 19–17–3 at UNC.[4]

Schedule

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016 North Carolina football media guide . North Carolina Athletic Communications Office . 120.
  2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5T4NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=N2wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5608,3283895&dq=jim-tatum&hl=en Jim Tatum Dies at 46 from Virus; N. Carolina Coach Succumbs after 10 Day Illness
  3. "Jim Tatum's Disease Likened To Typhus", The Baltimore Sun, March 31, 1960.
  4. Web site: 2016 North Carolina football media guide . North Carolina Athletic Communications Office . 158.
  5. Web site: 1958 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results . Sports Reference LLC . May 13, 2018.