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Bunn Hackney
	Hackney, circa 1927
Personal information
Born	December 1, 1903
Died	March 17, 1999 (aged 95)
Career information
College	North Carolina (1924–1927)
Position	Guard
Career highlights
	All-Southern (1926, 1927); SoCon champion (1925, 1926);

Bunn Hackney (December 1, 1903 – March 17, 1999)^[1] 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.^[2]^[3]^[4] He had previously played for Merrill Patton "Footsie" Knight at the YMCA in Durham.^[5] 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.^[6] He was later a referee in both sports; a head linesman in football.^[7]

References

↑ http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/Officials/Bunn_Hackney.html
↑ "January 15, 1927 (vol. 37, iss. 80) - Image 6". Michigan Daily Digital Archives.
↑ "History of the Early Southern Conference Atlanta Basketball Tournament". www.bigbluehistory.net.
↑ "The Cross & Crescent". August 3, 1929 – via Google Books.
↑ Chansky, Art (April 1, 2007). "Blue Blood: Duke-Carolina: Inside the Most Storied Rivalry in College Hoops". Macmillan – via Google Books.
↑ Powell, Adam (August 3, 2006). "University of North Carolina Football". Arcadia Publishing – via Google Books.
↑ "The Press and Radio" (PDF). Retrieved December 12, 2022.

[1] ttp://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/Officials/Bunn_Hackney.html

[2] "January 15, 1927 (vol. 37, iss. 80) - Image 6". Michigan Daily Digital Archives.

[3] "History of the Early Southern Conference Atlanta Basketball Tournament". www.bigbluehistory.net.

[4] "The Cross & Crescent". August 3, 1929 – via Google Books.

[5] Chansky, Art (April 1, 2007). "Blue Blood: Duke-Carolina: Inside the Most Storied Rivalry in College Hoops". Macmillan – via Google Books.

[6] Powell, Adam (August 3, 2006). "University of North Carolina Football". Arcadia Publishing – via Google Books.

[7] "The Press and Radio" (PDF). Retrieved December 12, 2022.

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