Former UNC Football Player and Local Golf Pro Mike Rubish Passes Away

Posted Mar 18, 2015
After World War II, Rubish chose a football scholarship at UNC over playing baseball for Duke. He was a member of the 1946-49 Tar Heels with Charlie “Choo Choo” Justice and was the team’s barefoot kicker. He played for UNC in the 1946 and 1948 Sugar Bowls and the 1949 Cotton Bowl. The 1950 UNC graduate was drafted by and played for the Washington Redskins, once kicking a 40-yard field goal to defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers. (Chapelboro.com)

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