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Jim Tatum’s Tar Heels Sink the Navy in 1957


But it was a bigger deal, fifty-six years ago, when head coach Eddie Erdelatz brought his Navy team to Chapel Hill for UNC’s Law Alumni Day on October 5, 1957. The boys from Annapolis were ranked sixth and considered by many sportswriters as “the finest in Navy history.” Herman Hickman, in his “Hickman’s Hunches” column in Sports Illustrated said “Middies impressive each outing…NAVY.” (A View To Hugh)

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