[3] After high school, Justice spent four years in the Navy in World War II.

During that time, he played on the football team at United States Naval Training Center Bainbridge.

He was quoted as saying that he believed that an athlete should play in the state that he is going to make his career in[citation needed], so he chose the University of North Carolina.

[1] Justice was also an active member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity in his years at UNC.

[1] While at North Carolina, Justice ran or threw for 64 touchdowns and set a team total-offense record of 4,883 yards, which stood until 1994.

[4] In 1970, the University of North Carolina dedicated a section of its athletic center in his name, calling it the Charlie Justice Hall of Honor.

[3] The 22 (his jersey number at UNC) yard line hashmarks at Kenan Memorial Stadium are colored blue in his honor.