We can't talk about 40s college football without Charlie "Choo Choo" Justice.
Helluva life.
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Averaged 25 ypc his SR year in HS.
Spent 4 years in the Navy in WWII.
After the war, went to college. He requested his wife get his scholarship, as he could use his GI money for school.
UNC agreed, Duke did not.
He finished 2nd for the Heisman in 48 and 49.
He set the school total offense record, which was not broken until 1994.
He was the MVP of the 1950 College All-Star team that beat the Philadelphia Eagles.
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UNC went to 2 Sugar Bowls with Justice.
They achieved their only #1 ranking ever, midway through the '48 season.
He averaged 42.6 yds per punt and 14.2 yards per punt return.
He got his nickname playing for Bainbridge NTS - finishing 5th in the AP poll in 1944. He led that team in scoring and rushing (at 11.0 ypc). He actually played in Chapel Hill for the visitors, beating North Carolina Pre-Flight on the filed he'd eventually star on later.