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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