| Bill Folger | |
| School: | North Carolina Tar Heels |
| Currentposition: | Halfback/Fullback |
| Pastschools: | North Carolina (1916) |
| Class: | Graduate |
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Augustine William Folger was an American college football player.
Folger was a prominent running back for the North Carolina Tar Heels football of the University of North Carolina. One Dr. R. B. Lawson picked Folger as a second-team fullback on his all-time North Carolina football team.[1] [2]
Folger starred in the game against conference champion Georgia Tech.[3] Davidson would have defeated North Carolina had it not been for a 61-yard touchdown run from Folger.[4] On November 13, he completed one of the most significant plays in the early history of the Carolina football program,[5] [6] a 52-yard touchdown run in the third quarter against Virginia. He was taken out in the fourth quarter when he showed signs of overwork.[7] It was the first defeat of Virginia for the Tar Heels since 1905, and its first touchdown against its rival since 1913.[8] He was selected All-Southern.[9] Folger was elected captain for 1917.[10] [11] Due to the First World War, the school had only no varsity football that year.[12]
He briefly shared a flat with author Thomas Wolfe in New York in 1923, who based the character of Jim Randolph in The Web and the Rock on Folger.[13]