Bunn Hackney Explained

Position:Guard
College:North Carolina (1924 - 1927)
Highlights:
  • All-Southern (1926, 1927)
  • SoCon champion (1925, 1926)

Bunn Hackney was a college basketball and football player for the North Carolina Tar Heels. He was an All-Southern running guard on the basketball team, with Jack Cobb.[1] [2] [3] He had previously played for Merrill Patton "Footsie" Knight at the YMCA in Durham.[4] The origin story for the Rameses mascot is his rubbing a ram's head prior to making a 30-yard drop kick to defeat VMI 3-0 in 1924.[5] He was later a referee in both sports; a head linesman in football.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: January 15, 1927 (vol. 37, iss. 80) - Image 6. Michigan Daily Digital Archives.
  2. Web site: History of the Early Southern Conference Atlanta Basketball Tournament. www.bigbluehistory.net.
  3. Web site: The Cross & Crescent. August 3, 1929. Google Books.
  4. Web site: Blue Blood: Duke-Carolina: Inside the Most Storied Rivalry in College Hoops. Art. Chansky. April 1, 2007. Macmillan. Google Books.
  5. Web site: University of North Carolina Football. Adam. Powell. August 3, 2006. Arcadia Publishing. Google Books.
  6. Web site: The Press and Radio . 12 December 2022.

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