Bob Winston

Bob Winston
North Carolina Tar Heels
Position End
Class Graduate
Career history
College North Carolina (1911–1914)
Personal information
Born: (1891-12-17)December 17, 1891
Oxford, North Carolina
Died: August 10, 1970(1970-08-10) (aged 78)
Raleigh, North Carolina
Career highlights and awards

Robert Watson "Bob" Winston, Jr. (December 17, 1891 – August 10, 1970) was a college football player and politician from North Carolina.

College football

Winston was an All-Southern college football end for the North Carolina Tar Heels of the University of North Carolina, captain of its 1911 team.[1] He was selected for the 1914 College Football All-Southern Team by Dick Jemison.[2] Kemp Plummer Battle recalls he was a good player but shifted around the line too much for his own good.[3] He was once in charge of athletics at Bingham Military School in Asheville.[4]

Politics

Winston represented Wake County in the General Assembly of 1917. In 1949, he was named chairman of the State Board of Alcohol Control.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Year-by-Year". University of North Carolina ... football blue book for press and radio. 1956.
  2. ↑ Spalding's Official Football Guide. NCAA. 1915.
  3. ↑ Kemp Plummer Battle (1912). History of the University of North Carolina. p. 751.
  4. ↑ "1912". University of North Carolina Alumni Review. 1 (1): 29. October 1912.
  5. ↑ "Winston Is Named Chairman of ABC". Star-News. May 4, 1949.
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