5/29/2016 football Edit

No. 3: Art Weiner

The best two-way player in Carolina history, Art Weiner could do it all at end on offense and defense.

Andrew Jones • TarHeelIllustrated

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Andrew Jones has covered sports for 26 years, including all major college & professional sports for daily newspapers & national sites. He's done radio and TV & is entering his seventh year at THI.

No. 3

Name: Art Weiner

Position: E

Jersey #: 50

Years: 1946-49

Honors: His number is retired by UNC; 2-time first-team All-America in 1948 and 1949; 3-time first-team All-Southern Conference; Most Outstanding Lineman at the Senior Bowl.

Notable Stats: His 106 career receptions and 18 career touchdown receptions were UNC career records for 36 years after he stopped playing until 1997. Member of the College Football Hall of Fame.

In Closing: Played both ways at end, led the nation in receiving as a senior with 52 receptions and 762 yards. Part of the greatest tandem in UNC history with Charlie “Choo Choo” Justice, leading Carolina to 32 wins and three major New Year’s Day Bowls, three top-10 final rankings and a fourth team that also finished ranked. Was called the “best pass catcher I ever saw” by then-Georgia head coach Wally Butts, who is in the College Football Hall of Fame.

He made perhaps the most famous defensive play in Carolina history when he blocked a Duke field goal attempt as time expired preserving a 21-20 UNC victory sending the Tar Heels to the Cotton Bowl. “Duke didn’t assign anyone to block me,” Weiner told the Greensboro News & Record. “I got through the line so fast that I almost overran the play. I just kind of sat on the ball, and (Duke’s kicker) wound up kicking me in the rear end.”

Prior Ranked Heels

30 - Natrone Means

29 - Jack Merritt

28 - Landon Turner

27 - Chris Hanburger

26 - Jeff Saturday

25 - Bob Lacey

24 - Bracey Walker

23 - Ethan Horton

22 - Brian Blados

21 - Leon Johnson

20 - George Barclay