LeRoy Abernethy

Not to be confused with Roy Abernethy.
LeRoy Abernethy
North Carolina Tar Heels
Position Fullback
Career history
College North Carolina A&M (1904)
North Carolina (1905)
Career highlights and awards

LeRoy F. Abernethy was a college football player.

NC State

1904

Abernethy played first for North Carolina A&M, selected All-Southern by W. S. Kimberly.[1][2]

University of North Carolina

Abernethy was a prominent fullback for the North Carolina Tar Heels football team of the University of North Carolina. He was selected for the position on an all-time Carolina football team of Dr. R. B. Lawson in 1934.[3] On the all time team of Joel Whitaker he was noted as the "probably the best line plunger that has ever been."[4]

1905

He was selected All-Southern by coach R. R. Brown of Washington and Lee University.[5] A fullback did not score three touchdowns again for UNC until Mike Faulkerson in 1992.[6]

By 1914 Abernethy is engaged in the hardware business at Hickory.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "For All Southern Football Team". The Morning Post. December 11, 1904. p. 5. Retrieved March 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "The All-Southern Eleven". December 25, 1904. p. 11. Retrieved March 3, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "All-Time Carolina Football Team Selected". Carolina Alumni Review 22 (6): 168. March 1934.
  4. ↑ Kemp Plummer Battle. History of the University of North Carolina. p. 752.
  5. ↑ "Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Football". The Washington Post. February 18, 1906. p. 13. Retrieved March 3, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Tech Coach Dislikes Rules For NFL Scouts". September 10, 1992.
  7. ↑ The Alumni Review. May 1914. p. 168.
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