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Tatum played tackle at UNC, was named All-Southern in 1934 and graduated in 1935. He returned to Chapel Hill as director of freshman athletics in 1939, coached the Tar Heels in 1942 and again from 1956, and died at Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill on 23 July 1959.
Source: NCpedia: Tatum, James Moore (Dictionary of North Carolina Biography)
Also found in catalogs as James M. (James Moore) Tatum.
1913–1959 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗
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Silent short film in black and white, made about the 1960s, following a uniformed man around the University of North Carolina campus at Chapel Hill after his draft notice arrives. He stops at the grave of football coach James Moore Tatum (1913 to 1959). The Morehead-Patterson bell tower, the stadium and athletic fields also figure in it.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Tatum, James M. (James Moore), 1913-1959.
UNC players hoist equipment manager Morris Mason as he shakes hands with head coach Jim Tatum, after beating Wake Forest 26 to 7 in Kenan Stadium on 25 October 1958. Hugh Morton took the 120 roll film negative.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Tatum, James M. (James Moore), 1913-1959.
Hugh Morton photograph from 1957 of G. B. Cook, perhaps known as Bushy, with a boy and the ram mascot Rameses on the sidelines of a football game at Kenan Memorial Stadium. Head coach Jim Tatum, in a ten-gallon hat, and trainer Warren Morris can be seen behind them.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Tatum, James M. (James Moore), 1913-1959.
Wide view of Kenan Stadium at the UNC and NC State game on 22 September 1956, with the band and team on the field. Head coach Jim Tatum, in a ten-gallon hat, walks in behind a banner welcoming him back to Chapel Hill. Color transparency by Hugh Morton.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Tatum, James M. (James Moore), 1913-1959.
Jim Tatum, then head coach at the University of Maryland, with quarterbacks Frank Tamburello and Charlie Boxold at the North Carolina and NC State game in Kenan Memorial Stadium, 25 September 1954. Tatum went on to coach the Tar Heels from 1956 to 1958. Hugh Morton photograph on sheet film.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Tatum, James M. (James Moore), 1913-1959.
Jim Tatum walks off with Wake Forest head coach Paul Amen after a game in the 1950s. Tatum coached Maryland from 1947 to 1955 and UNC from 1956 to 1958; Amen led Wake Forest from 1956 to 1959. Hugh Morton photograph on 120 roll film.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Tatum, James M. (James Moore), 1913-1959.
Two football coaches in Chapel Hill in the early 1950s: Jim Tatum of the University of Maryland, who later became head coach at UNC, and UNC's Carl Snavely. Black-and-white sheet film negative by Hugh Morton.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Tatum, James M. (James Moore), 1913-1959.
Group portrait by Hugh Morton of Southern Conference football coaches in Chapel Hill on 24 August 1950, at the first annual football round-up. From left: Peahead Walker of Wake Forest, Beattie Feathers of North Carolina State, Jim Tatum of Maryland, Wallace Wade of Duke, George Barclay of Washington and Lee, Crowell Little of Davidson and Carl Snavely of UNC.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Tatum, James M. (James Moore), 1913-1959.
Photographs made by Roland Giduz between 1947 and 1970, about 19,000 items across eleven linear feet in the North Carolina Collection at UNC. Topics include university buildings, commencements, drama productions, faculty and alumni, and baseball, basketball and football, along with the Carolina Inn and Kenan Memorial Stadium, and named figures including Frank Porter Graham, Gordon Gray and John F. Kennedy.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Tatum, James M. (James Moore), 1913-1959.
Jim Tatum with a whistle in 1942, his first season as UNC's head football coach. Hugh Morton photograph on black-and-white sheet film.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the DPLA record: Tatum, James M. (James Moore), 1913-1959.
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Picture: Jim Tatum, photograph, 1954. Public domain. University of Maryland photograph, 1954; via Wikimedia Commons
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