LeRoy Franklin Abernethy (September 27, 1885 – November 9, 1959) was an American college football player from North Carolina. He played for North Carolina A&M from 1902–04 before transferring to the University of North Carolina for 1905.[1]
| North Carolina Tar Heels | |
|---|---|
| Position | Fullback |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | September 27, 1885 Hickory, North Carolina[1] |
| Died: | November 9, 1959 (aged 74)[2] Asheville, North Carolina |
| Career history | |
| College | North Carolina A&M (1902–04) North Carolina (1905) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
NC State
edit1902–1904
editAbernethy played first for North Carolina A&M, selected All-Southern by W. S. Kimberly in 1904.[3][4]
University of North Carolina
editAbernethy was a prominent fullback for the North Carolina Tar Heels football team of the University of North Carolina. He was selected for the position on an all-time Carolina football team of Dr. R. B. Lawson in 1934.[5] On the all time team of Joel Whitaker he was noted as the "probably the best line plunger that has ever been."[6]
1905
editHe was selected All-Southern by coach R. R. Brown of Washington and Lee University.[7] A fullback did not score three touchdowns again for UNC until Mike Faulkerson in 1992.[8]
Later life
editBy 1910, Abernethy was engaged in the hardware business in his hometown of Hickory.[9][10]
He later moved to Asheville, where he was a PurÖl distributor and then owner of the Hall-Sell Petroleum Carrier company. During World War II, he helped organize Petroleum Carriers Associates, an emergency oil transport unit,[1] originally named the War Emergency Cooperative Association.[11] In 1941, he married Frieda Burnett Russell in 1941.[12]
He died in an Asheville hospital in 1959 after suffering a heart attack at home.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Abernethy Rites Today". Asheville Citizen-Times. Asheville, North Carolina. November 11, 1959. p. 2.
- ^ North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998
- ^ "For All Southern Football Team". The Morning Post. December 11, 1904. p. 5. Retrieved March 10, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The All-Southern Eleven". The Charlotte Observer. December 25, 1904. p. 11. Retrieved March 3, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "All-Time Carolina Football Team Selected". Carolina Alumni Review. 22 (6): 168. March 1934.
- ^ Kemp Plummer Battle (1912). History of the University of North Carolina. p. 752.
- ^ "Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Football". The Washington Post. February 18, 1906. p. 13. Retrieved March 3, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tech Coach Dislikes Rules For NFL Scouts". September 10, 1992. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
- ^ The Alumni Review. May 1914. p. 168.
- ^ 1910 United States Census
- ^ "Petroleum Carriers Associates". Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ^ North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011
