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The story I've always heard was that a general was observing a battle between North Carolina and British forces during the Revolutionary War and was impressed with the militia's reluctance to retreat. He reportedly declared "Those boys fight like they got tar on them thar heels!' and the rest is history...
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe north Carolina tarheels. Anyone ghat has lived in south can tell u. The asphalt gets sonhotbthe tar bubbles to the tip of the road. And if you walk on it. You get tar on your heels. And someone decided that would be their mascot the tarheels
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∙ 15y agoThey got the name because in the civil war for good luck they put tar on their heel.
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∙ 12y agothe tar heels were named because as the british crossed a river they had found it full of tar so therefor thts why they are called the tar heels
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Tarheels of course!
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you know number1# tarheels
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north carolina
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tarheels
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Roy Williams
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Where might one purchase Tarheels merchandise?
Tarheels merchandise is readily available for purchase online. Amazon, Fans Edge, Fanatics, Go Heels, Tar Heel Planet and Football Fanatics are online sources where a person could purchase Tarheels merchandise.
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Did the tarheels win the acc championship in 2006?
Yes
