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8669
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In 1979, a talented high school senior football player from Idaho by the name of Harry “the Horse†Horseman, was recruited by six professional teams and more than 550 colleges. A. J. Carr, a sportswriter for THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, always had inside information on Harry because Carr had invented Harry. Guilford College's head football coach Charles Forbes announced Harry had signed with his team, a move that brought national recognition to Guilford. Even though Carr and Forbes both admitted he was a fictional character, many people continued to say that Harry was real.
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28674
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In 1960 Lenoir-Rhyne College won the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics championship for football. The story of that team and the lasting friendship football created for teammates Richard Kemp and Marion Kirby is told.
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36531
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After the destruction that Hurricane Katrina inflicted upon the city of New Orleans, the return of a home football game was symbolic of the rebuilding of the city. Athletic events are viewed by many as a spectacle, festival, and ritual.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 55 Issue 1, Spring-Summer 2008,
p32-41
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40326
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The season that helped spur NFL careers also captured the spirit of ECU in a way that few of its seasons and teams have. Participants and fans offer a play by play account of the 1991-1992 season’s most memorable event, the Peach Bowl game against NC State.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 15 Issue 1, Fall 2016 ,
p38-72
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Football stories; Football teams--North Carolina--History; Football players; Football coaches--East Carolina University; East Carolina University--mascots--Peedee the Pirate; College sports--football games--Peach Bowl; Jenkins, Leo Warren, 1913-1989; Stasavich, Clarence, 1913-1975; Christenbury, John B., 1907-1944
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42645
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Greenville Daily Reflector Sports Editor Nathan Summers shares interesting perspectives on past performance and future prospects regarding the East Carolina University football program.
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42816
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It's been 50 years since the Seventy-First Falcons won the N.C. High School Athletic Association's Eastern 3-A title. A plan to have members of the 1970 team gather for a remembrance was scrapped due to COVID-19.
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