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Woody Durham was the radio play-by-play voice of Carolina football and men's basketball from 1971 to 2011, calling more than 1,800 broadcasts. A 1963 UNC graduate who had been sports director at WUNC as a student, he was born in Mebane, grew up in Albemarle and died in 2018.
Source: UNC-Chapel Hill: Woody Durham passes away at the age of 76
1941–2018 · Dates from the Library of Congress · On the Friends’ Local Authors roster → · Library of Congress authority record ↗
11 works about Woody Durham are indexed here. 1 held at OCPL →
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Memoir of Woody Durham, who called University of North Carolina football and basketball on the radio from 1971 until he retired in 2011, written with Adam Lucas. Four decades of Tar Heel games as heard from the broadcast booth. Subjects include radio broadcasters and sportscasters, North Carolina, biography.
Included because: Listed as its creator.
Recorded highlights of Woody Durham, the Chapel Hill sportscaster, calling University of North Carolina football and basketball games. Issued as a compact disc by Farm Bureau Insurance in Raleigh, with a supplied date of 1974 that needs verification. Topics include both Tar Heel teams and sportscasting in Chapel Hill. One audio disc, 4 3/4 inches.
Included because: Listed as its creator.
Michael Jordan and broadcaster Woody Durham embrace at the 1998 University Award ceremony honoring Dean Smith in Chapel Hill. Hugh Morton color negative.
Included because: Their name appears in the record.
Hugh Morton color negative of Michael Jordan with Woody Durham, longtime radio voice of the Tar Heels, at the Chapel Hill ceremony where Dean Smith received the University Award in 1998.
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Charles Kuralt, Woody Durham and Mick Mixon in a broadcast booth during a sporting event in 1996, probably in Chapel Hill. Color 35 mm negative by Hugh Morton.
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Broadcasters Woody Durham, Charles Kuralt and Mick Mixon, left to right, sit together in a booth at an unidentified 1996 sporting event, probably in Chapel Hill. Hugh Morton took the 35 mm color negative. Durham was the longtime radio voice of UNC football and basketball.
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Woody Durham, John Swofford, Charlie Justice and Dick Baddour, left to right, gathered for an event in the UNC-Chapel Hill Alumni Center, about the late 1990s or early 2000s. Color print by Hugh Morton.
Included because: Their name appears in the record.
Sports broadcaster Woody Durham speaks at a roast in his honor on 25 January 1986, probably in Chapel Hill. Seated beside him is Jim Heavner, at the time head of The Village Company in Chapel Hill. Hugh Morton photograph.
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Former UNC football star Charlie Justice, broadcaster Woody Durham and UNC athletics director John Swofford at the Roast and Toast of 25 January 1986 in Durham's honor, a benefit for Orange County Volunteers for Youth. Swofford served as honorary chairman and Justice as one of the roasters. Photograph by Hugh Morton.
Included because: Their name appears in the record.
Sports broadcasters Woody Durham, UNC-Chapel Hill's play-by-play voice, at right, and Bob Harris, who called Duke games, at left, standing before a video production truck, probably in Chapel Hill. Color photograph by Hugh Morton, 1980s to 1990s.
Included because: Their name appears in the record.
Woody Durham, longtime radio voice of the Tar Heels, in two undated portraits taken in the announcer's booth. From the Chapel Hill Historical Society's Prints and Photographs Collection (CHHS.002).
Included because: Its title names this person.
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Picture: Woody Durham, 2007. CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph by THE evil fluffyface; via Wikimedia Commons
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