Augustine William Folger was an American

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player.

University of North Carolina

Folger was a prominent

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for the

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of the

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. One Dr. R. B. Lawson picked Folger as a second-team fullback on his all-time North Carolina football team.

1916

Folger starred in the game against conference champion

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. Davidson would have defeated North Carolina had it not been for a 61-yard touchdown run from Folger. On November 13, he completed one of the most significant plays in the early history of the Carolina football program, a 52-yard touchdown run in the third quarter against

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. He was taken out in the fourth quarter when he showed signs of overwork. It was the first defeat of Virginia for the Tar Heels since 1905, and its first touchdown against its rival since 1913. He was selected All-Southern. Folger was elected captain for 1917. Due to the

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, the school had only no varsity football that year.

Thomas Wolfe

He briefly shared a flat with author

Thomas Wolfe Thomas Clayton Wolfe (October 3, 1900 – September 15, 1938) was an American novelist and short story writer. He is known largely for his first novel, '' Look Homeward, Angel'' (1929), and for the short fiction that appeared during the last ye ...

in New York in 1923, who based the character of Jim Randolph in ''

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'' on Folger.

References

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University of North Carolina

1916

Thomas Wolfe

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