Hunter Carpenter

Hunter Carpenter

Carpenter at Virginia Tech.
Virginia Tech Hokies
Position Halfback
Class Graduate
Career history
College
High school Clifton Forge
Personal information
Date of birth June 23, 1883
Place of birth Louisa County, Virginia
Date of death February 24, 1953 (aged 69)
Place of death Middletown, New York
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 192 lb (87 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Caius Hunter Carpenter (June 23, 1883 – February 24, 1953) was an American college football halfback who played for both Virginia Tech and North Carolina. Carpenter was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1957, and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1973.

Early life

Carpenter was born in Louisa County, Virginia,[1] the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Carpenter.[2] He attended Clifton Forge High School in Clifton Forge, Virginia.[3]

College career

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.[4][5] Carpenter was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1957.[3]

Virginia Tech

Carpenter attended and played college football for the Virginia Tech Hokies football team of Virginia Tech from 1900 through 1903. During this time, he used the alias "Walter Brown" because his father had forbidden him to play football.[4][5] It was not until his father saw him play in a game in 1900 against Virginia Military Institute in Norfolk, Virginia did he approve.[5] He is one athlete picked as the greatest football player ever to attend the school.[6]

1902

He was named captain of the team in 1902.[2]

1905

Carpenter then played at the University of North Carolina in 1904, and came back to Virginia Tech in 1905.[3] Carpenter helped lead Virginia Tech in 1905 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.[3]

University of North Carolina

1904

His one year at North Carolina managed to place him amongst the best ever to play at the school.[7][8][9]

Death

He died in Middletown, New York.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Susan B. Bearss (sr. ed.): Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Vol. 3, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va., 2006.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Class of 1902 Biographical Sketches".
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Hunter Carpenter's College HOF Profile". College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Hunter Carpenter's Virginia Sports HOF Profile". Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. October 2010. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "The first 115 seasons of football at Virginia Tech". Virginia Tech. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
  6. ↑ "Virginia Sportswriters Name 16 Athletes To Hall of Fame". The Bee. February 9, 1956. p. 22. Retrieved April 9, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "'All-Time' UNC Teams Compared". Carolina Alumni Review: 14. December 1969.
  8. ↑ "All-Time Carolina Football Team Selected". Carolina Alumni Review 22 (6): 168. March 1934.
  9. ↑ Kemp Plummer Battle. History of the University of North Carolina. p. 751.
  10. ↑ Bearss, 2006, op. cit..

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