Bunn Hackney

Bunn Hackney 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.[1][2][3] He had previously played for Merrill Patton "Footsie" Knight at the YMCA in Durham.[4] 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.[5] He was later a referee in both sports; a head linesman in football.[6]

Bunn Hackney
Career information
CollegeNorth Carolina (1924–1927)
PositionGuard
Career highlights and awards
  • All-Southern (1926, 1927)
  • SoCon champion (1925, 1926)

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