Hunter Carpenter
Carpenter at Virginia Tech.
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| Virginia Tech Hokies | |
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| Position | Halfback |
| Class | 1903 |
| Major | Civil engineering |
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| High school | Clifton Forge |
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| 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) |
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| College Football Hall of Fame (1957) | |
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.
Carpenter was born in Louisa County, Virginia, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Carpenter. He attended Clifton Forge High School in Clifton Forge, Virginia.
Carpenter was never named to the All-America team only because Walter Camp, who named the team at the time, said he would never name a player who he had not seen play. Carpenter was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1957.
Carpenter enrolled at Virginia Tech in 1898, and played college football for the Virginia Tech Hokies football team of Virginia Tech from 1899 through 1903. He became a man possessed by one thing after the 1899 rout: beating UVA in football. During this time, he used the alias "Walter Brown" because his father had forbidden him to play football. However, after five years of college, Hunter Carpenter graduated from Virginia Tech without achieving his goal.
It was not until his father saw him play in a game in 1900 against Virginia Military Institute in Norfolk, Virginia did he approve. He is one athlete picked as the greatest football player ever to attend the school.
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