Meet the man behind the classic Carolina argyle

Posted Apr 22, 2019
Alexander Julian grew up in Chapel Hill and a hardcore Tar Heel fan. Julian was nine when the UNC basketball team went undefeated to win the National Championship in 1957, and he remembers seeing the town turn white with toilet paper covering the trees. “The first song I ever knew was, ‘Don’t give a da** for Duke University, I'm from Carolina,’” he sang. (Daily Tar Heel)

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