Hunter Carpenter
 Carpenter during his time at Virginia Tech. | |
| Date of birth: | June 23, 1883 |
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| Place of birth: | Louisa County, Virginia |
| Date of death: | February 24, 1953 (aged 69) |
| Place of death: | Middletown, New York |
Career information | |
| Position(s): | Halfback |
Organizations | |
| As player: | |
| 1900-1903 1904 1905 |
Virginia Tech North Carolina Virginia Tech |
Career highlights and awards | |
| Honors: | Virginia Sports Hall of Fame (1973) |
Caius Hunter Carpenter (June 23, 1883 – February 24, 1953) was an American football player halfback.
Early life
Carpenter was born in Louisa County, Virginia.[1] He attended Clifton Forge High School in Clifton Forge, Virginia.[2]
College career
Carpenter attended and played college football at Virginia Tech from 1900 through 1903. During this time, used the alias "Walter Brown" because his father had forbidden him to play football.[3][4] It was not until his father saw him play in a game in 1900 against Virginia Military Institute in Norfolk, Virginia did he approve.[4] Carpenter then played at the University of North Carolina in 1904, and came back to Virginia Tech in 1905.[2] He was named captain in 1905 and helped lead Virginia Tech to a 9-1 record, the best in school's history up to that time. During that season, Tech outscored its opponents 305-24, and Carpenter scored 82 points.[2]
Carpenter was never named to the All-America team because Walter Camp, who named the team at the time, said he would never name a player who he had not seen play.[3][4] He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1957.[2] He died in Middletown, New York.[5]
References
- ↑ Susan B. Bearss (sr. ed.): Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Vol. 3, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va., 2006.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Hunter Carpenter's College HOF Profile". College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Hunter Carpenter's Virginia Sports HOF Profile". Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "The first 115 seasons of football at Virginia Tech". Virginia Tech. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
- ↑ Bearss, 2006, op. cit..