Former UNC football star Dee Hardison dies at 61

Posted Apr 22, 2018
Phil Ragazzo first met Dee Hardison in 1973 at the annual East-West All-Star football game in Greensboro. Hardison was a 6-foot-4, 215-pound running back out of Hobbton High School who would soon be Ragazzo’s college teammate at North Carolina. Ragazzo and others remembered William Davidson “Dee” Hardison on Sunday, a day after the 61-year-old passed away. (Fayetteville Observer)

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