With the college championship game approaching and the NFL playoffs in full swing, it is easy to focus our attention on football played at the highest levels.
The University of North Carolina's early football history includes several games against towns' Athletic Clubs. Until the 2024 season the only team UNC had played from Charlotte, was such a team. A quirk of the largest city in the state not having a college team until recently.
One player's presence that surprised me, since I had no idea of the local history, was Stephen A Douglas' grandson on the Greensboro (NC) team. Dick Douglas was a Georgetown grad and youngest State Attorney General of NC (25) in history.
The University of North Carolina's early football history includes several games against towns' Athletic Clubs. Until the 2024 season the only team UNC had played from Charlotte, was such a team. A quirk of the largest city in the state not having a college team until recently.
One player's presence that surprised me, since I had no idea of the local history, was Stephen A Douglas' grandson on the Greensboro (NC) team. Dick Douglas was a Georgetown grad and youngest State Attorney General of NC (25) in history.
The AC and town teams varied widely in quality. Some were every bit as good as many college teams; others were much less talented.
Indeed. Carolina lost that game to Charlotte AC (its first AC game) and the next, before winning the last four.