Augustine William Folger was an American college football player.

One Dr. R. B. Lawson picked Folger as a second-team fullback on his all-time North Carolina football team.

[1][2] Folger starred in the game against conference champion Georgia Tech.

[4] On November 13, he completed one of the most significant plays in the early history of the Carolina football program,[5][6] a 52-yard touchdown run in the third quarter against Virginia.

[12] He briefly shared a flat with author Thomas Wolfe in New York in 1923, who based the character of Jim Randolph in The Web and the Rock on Folger.