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DeCock: Ex-UNC star Tommy LaGarde builds career around unexpected


A big man on some of the best UNC teams of the ’70s, his No.?45 is one of the honored numbers hanging from the roof of the Smith Center. joined teammates , , , and Mike O’Koren in the NBA, and like many professional athletes, his life and career moved on to a second act. Except LaGarde’s second acts have second acts. (Charlotte Observer)

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