Jack Williams, Former UNC Sports Information Director, Passes Away
Posted Jun 5, 2015
Jack Williams, former sports information director at Carolina, passed away last weekend in Wilmington. Williams served as the Tar Heels’ SID from 1966 to 1975. He came to Chapel Hill after working at various newspapers in the state and Atlanta. Williams, a native of Durham, was a 1952 Carolina graduate. During his newspaper career he was sports editor of The Raleigh Times, The Durham Morning Herald and The Chapel Hill Weekly.
(GoHeels.com)
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