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Bob (Robert Franklin) Lewis

1945– as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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Chapel Hill's tobacco rogues

Deford, Frank · 1967 · Time Inc

Frank Deford wrote on Larry Miller and Bob Lewis, the Carolina pair whose shared nickname of the L and M boys annoyed the tobacco companies that thought Liggett and Myers were getting free advertising. Detached from the February 20, 1967 issue of Sports Illustrated, four pages with illustrations and portraits of the Chapel Hill players.

Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Lewis, Bob (Robert Franklin), 1945-.

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