Lew Carpenter

Lew Carpenter

Carpenter in 1986
No. 30, 32, 33, 34
Position:	halfback, fullback
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1932-01-12)January 12, 1932
Place of birth:	Hayti, Missouri
Date of death:	November 14, 2010(2010-11-14) (aged 78)
Place of death:	New Braunfels, Texas
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school:	West Memphis (AR)
College:	Arkansas
NFL Draft:	1953 / Round: 8 / Pick: 97
Career history
As player:
Detroit Lions (1953–1955) Cleveland Browns (1957–1958) Green Bay Packers (1959–1963)
As coach:
Minnesota Vikings (1964–1966) Assistant coach Atlanta Falcons (1967–1968) Assistant coach Washington Redskins (1969) Assistant coach St. Louis Cardinals (1970–1972) Assistant coach & offensive coordinator Houston Oilers (1973–1974) Assistant coach Green Bay Packers (1975–1985) Assistant coach Detroit Lions (1987–1988) Assistant coach & offensive coordinator Philadelphia Eagles (1990–1994) Assistant coach Frankfurt Galaxy (1996) Assistant coach
Career highlights and awards
3× NFL Championship (1953, 1961, 1962)
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards: 2,025 Attempts: 468 Touchdowns: 16
Player stats at PFR
Coaching stats at PFR

Lewis Glen Carpenter (January 12, 1932 – November 14, 2010) was an American football player and coach. He played college football for the University of Arkansas and professionally for ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL) as a halfback and fullback with the Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns, and Green Bay Packers. He played on three NFL Championship teams, with Detroit in 1953 and with Green Bay in 1961 and 1962. After his playing career ended, Carpenter spent 31 years as an assistant coach in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings (1964–1966), Atlanta Falcons (1967–1968), Washington Redskins (1969), St. Louis Cardinals (1970–1972), Houston Oilers (1970–1974), Green Bay Packers (1975–1985), Detroit Lions (1987–1988), and Philadelphia Eagles (1990–1994). Carpenter also coached the Frankfurt Galaxy of the World League of American Football in 1996 and at Southwest Texas State University. He concluded his 47 years of playing and coaching football at the end of the 1996 season. Scientific tests on his brain diagnosed post-mortem that he had an advanced case of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

Carpenter was born to Verba Glen Carpenter and Edna Earl Pullam in Hayti, Missouri. He was raised in West Memphis, Arkansas, where he attended high school and played six-man football. In 1951, Lew married Ann Holt. The couple had four daughters; Cheryl, Cathy, Lisa and Rebecca. His brother, Preston Carpenter (1934 – 2011), married Jeanne Eytchison and the couple had three sons: Scott, Bruce, and Lewis Todd.