Cartwright Carmichael, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetCartwright Carmichael
American basketball player
Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1902
Place of Birth: Durham, North Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 12-Dec-1960
Profession: basketball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Cartwright Carmichael
- Richard Cartwright Carmichael (December 5, 1902 - December 12, 1960) was the first member of the North Carolina Tar Heels to earn All-America honors in any sport, when he was named to the 1923 first team for men's basketball, an honor he also received in 1924.
- He also lettered as an outfielder for the UNC baseball team.
- Carmichael was a member of the basketball team named 1922 and 1924 "Champions of the South" after winning the Southern Conference tournament at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium.
- The squad was retrospectively awarded the 1924 national championship by the Helms Athletic Foundation some eleven years later.
- In addition to two regular season and two postseason conference championships, he was a three time All-Southern Conference selection.
- In 1922, he and his brother, Billy, became the first brothers to ever play together on the same Tar Heel basketball team.
- Billy was later vice-president of the Consolidated University of North Carolina and for whom the William D.
- Carmichael Jr.
- Auditorium (now Carmichael Arena) on campus was named.
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