Roy Homewood Explained

Roy Homewood
Alma Mater:	University of North Carolina
Player Years1:	1914-16
Player Team1:	North Carolina
Player Positions:	End
Coach Years1:	1919
Coach Team1:	North Carolina (assistant)
Awards:	2x All-Southern (1914, 1915)

Roy M. Homewood was a college football player and coach.

University of North Carolina

Homewood was a prominent end for the North Carolina Tar Heels of the University of North Carolina.^{[1] [2] [3]} He was selected for an all-time Carolina football team in 1934.^[4] He was selected All-Southern in 1915.^[5] He also played on the baseball and track teams. In 1919 he helped coach the ends on the Tar Heel football teams.^[6] One Dr. R. B. Lawson picked Homewood as an end on his all-time North Carolina football team.^[7]

World War 1

He achieved a lieutenancy during the First World War.^[8]

Notes and References

1. National Stars of the Gridiron. St. Nicholas:An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks. 43. 58. Parke H. Davis. 1916.
2. News: Logan Cunningham Shaping Backfield. Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 19, 1914.
3. The Thanksgiving Day Game. 73. Carolina Alumni Review.
4. Carolina Alumni Review. All-Time Carolina Football Team Selected. 168. March 1934 . 22. 6.
5. News: Atlanta Constitution. Composite All-Southern Of Ten Of The Dopesters. Dick Jemison. November 30, 1915.
6. 8. 1. October 1919 . Hard Practice At Football. Carolina Alumni Review. 8.
7. 'All-Time' UNC Teams Compared. Carolina Alumni Review. 14. December 1969 .
8. News: N. MAJORITY SAW OVERSEAS DUTY. The Daily Tar Heel. November 27, 1919.