Former UNC Basketball, Tennis Captain Charlie Shaffer Passes Away

Posted Mar 22, 2021
Charlie Shaffer (Dec. 21, 1941 - Mar. 18, 2021) was awarded the Morehead Scholarship to UNC where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and was elected class president his junior and senior years. Despite a knee injury that ended his football career, he became co-captain of the basketball and tennis teams and played during Coach Dean Smith's first three seasons. (Legacy.com)

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