Charlie Justice Football News & Bio
| Name: | Charlie Justice | | Hometown: | Asheville, NC | | High School: | Asheville | | Born: | May 18, 1924 | | Died: | October 17, 2003 | | Notes: | Football |
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Gene Chizik finds ‘karma’ in fresh start at UNCGene Chizik, the Tar Heels' defensive coordinator, never figured coaching would take him back to the state where his father grew up in the mountains,...
Fri Aug 28, 2015
Charlie "Choo Choo" Justice at the 1950 Chicago College All-Star GameIt was July 17th, 1950 and UNC’s great all-America football star Charlie Justice was seated behind his desk in the Medical Foundation Building on Pittsboro...
Fri Aug 28, 2015
A Tar Heel tradition in blue & white
Thirteen days after UNC Head Football Coach Carl Snavely got his Valentine wish that Charlie Justice would “come out for the team,” a practice game...
Tue May 26, 2015
On the creation of the Charlie "Choo-Choo" Justice statue
Shortly after Charlie Justice’s death on October 17, 2003, teammate Joe Neikirk approached Hugh Morton with an idea for a statue. Morton, who had...
Wed Mar 4, 2015
Memories of Charlie "Choo Choo" Justice and Doak Walker
When UNC played Wake Forest on October 15, 1949 my dad and I were there. We arrived in Chapel Hill that Saturday and visited Franklin...
Fri Jan 30, 2015