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The Tar Heels against the Fighting Irish in the Big Apple
October 10, 2008 | Subscribe to this post
Posted by Stephen Fletcher in Events, Football, Sports, UNC
Tomorrow afternoon, Kenan Memorial Stadium on campus will be in the hub of excitement that accompanies UNC football, magnified by the mystique of its opponent, Notre Dame University. Earlier this week I wrote a blog post for our sister blog, North Carolina Miscellany, featuring photographs in the Photographic Archives made by Bob Brooks in 1949 when UNC first played Notre Dame. That game took place in New York City’s Yankee Stadium. And if you didn’t already know or deduce . . . Hugh Morton was there.
I cannot bring myself to include in this entry Morton’s most memorable photograph from that contest. It’s just too heartbreaking to post amidst the anticipation and excitement of tomorrow’s game. I promise to publish it on Monday. Instead, here’s a festive pre-game photograph made of UNC’s mascot Rameses and fans in the lobby of a New York hotel:
As usual, we’d love to hear from you with identifications if you can.
I spent a good portion of today tracking down negatives from the game (I’ve found some) and trying to confirm that a group of them are from Yankee Stadium. The day escaped from me in the process, so I’ll post the game photographs on Monday.
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- ArchivesNext - Blog examining archives and technology
- Biographical Conversations with . . . Hugh Morton - An episode from the UNC TV program featuring a one-on-one conversation with Hugh Morton
- Grandfather Mountain - Scenic attraction and nature preserve in Linville, NC owned by Morton from 1952 until his death in 2006
- Morton Biography from Grandfather Mountain website
- NC Collection Photographic Archives
- NC Miscellany Blog - Blog of the North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, UNC-CH
- Posterity Project - Blog related to archives, history, civic responsibility, and open access to public records in Tennessee
- Southern Short Course in News Photography - America’s longest running photojournalism seminar, of which Morton was a founder
- UNC Libraries
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Enjoyed this post as well as the one you did for NC Miscellany, Stephen. If I may, let me offer some possible identification of individuals in the Morton photo:
Front Row: (Left to Right)
Jake Wade, UNC Sports Information Director
G. B. Cook, (With Beard) Rameses’ Volunteer Game Handler
Ramses VI
Norman Sper, UNC Head Cheerleader
2nd Row: (Standing with Glasses) Far Left
Robert W. Madry, Director UNC News Bureau
Being from Northern California, I have always been a fan of the SF 49ers. So, I loved the trivia I learned while watching the game on TV. Thirty-three years ago, to the day, ND played UNC here at Chapel Hill. That game helped launch the career of Joe Montana, arguably the 49ers best QB. I also learned that Dean Smith offered Montana a Basketball scholarship to attend here(he was that good in both sports), but football was his first love.
There is another bit of interesting trivia from that 1975 Notre Dame - UNC game in Chapel Hill. During the ‘75 season the Tar Heel Football Radio Network had a team of former players as analysts. Each Saturday one of the players would be a part of the radio broadcast along with play-by-play announcer Woody Durham. For the Notre Dame game on October 11, 1975, the analyst was Art Weiner, a 1949 All America who played in that first game in Yankee Stadium. (There is an excellent photograph from that ‘49 game showing Weiner and Notre Dame guard John Helwig going up for a Dick Bunting pass. The picture can be found on page 108 of Earl Schenck Miers’ 1969 book, “Football” (Inspiring Tales of its All-Time Greats). While the photograph is credited to Wide World Photos, Inc., I would not be surprised to learn that Hugh Morton took the picture and made it available to Wide World).