Why are you called Tarheels?

Answer 1

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...

Answer 2

The 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

Answer 3

They got the name because in the civil war for good luck they put tar on their heel.

Answer 4

the 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