Bob Young News & Bio

Name: Bob Young Hometown: New York, NY Height/Weight: 6-6, 200 Position: Forward Related: Paul Likins | Ed Sutton | Lennie Rosenbluth | Willis Henderson

From a national championship to poetry program, Bob Young inspires students
North Carolina alumnus Bob Young is nothing short of a victor — a man who propelled Carolina basketball to a national championship in 1957 —but...
Wed Feb 5, 2025

Bill Young, Member of 1957 Title Team, Believes in Power of Poetry
Appearing on the second page of The Daily Tar Heel, the poems are written by students of creative writing lecturer and poet Michael Chitwood, who...
Mon Dec 19, 2016

Bob Young recalls stopping Wilt, helping unbeaten Tar Heels win in 1957
Bob Young was among a group of transplanted New Yorkers recruited by coach Frank McGuire in the mid-1950s that formed the nucleus of the 1957...
Wed Mar 23, 2016

Lucas: November Dreams
Nearly sixty years ago, a group of teenagers from across the United States came together and did something they had no idea would follow them...
Sun Nov 15, 2015