Len Chappell is a distant figure for a lot of ACC fans. He played in the early years of the ACC and wasn’t on TV much and even when he was, it was black and white and analog. It’s hard enough to keep video from a few years ago looking good; 50 years ago is almost impossible.
If you’ve ever seen the legendary shot Walter Davis hit against Duke in 1974 to put the game in overtime...the pale blue of Carmichael Auditorium makes it nearly impossible to see anything now.
But he was great.
Billy Packer, who has been quiet for a long time, surfaces here to talk about his old friend and has some good stories to tell.