Sport(s) Football, baseball 1946–1955 Western Carolina 1926–1927 North Carolina 1946–1969 Western Carolina | 1925–1928 North Carolina Name Tom Young 1943 North Carolina Positions Halfback | |
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Born June 8, 1907 ( 1907-06-08 ) Role American football head coach Died March 12, 1973, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States | ||
Thomas Bayard "Tom" Young, Jr. (June 8, 1907 – March 12, 1973) was an American football and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1943 and at Western Carolina University from 1946 to 1955, compiling a career college football record of 44–59–4. Young was also the athletic director at Western Carolina from 1946 until his retirement in 1969.
Young was a native of Monroe, North Carolina. He played college football at North Carolina in 1926 and 1927, where he was an all-Southern Conference halfback. Young died at the age of 65 on March 12, 1973 at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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