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Fred Carr
Achievement
Fred Carr played basketball at Texas Western, now UTEP, a season after the famous 1966 “Glory Road” squad won the NCAA national title with an all-black starting lineup.
And that sport wasn’t Carr’s best.
The Phoenix Union High School, Phoenix College and Texas Western graduate is on the short list of the Valley’s greatest football players. He excelled in high school football and track, too.
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At Texas Western, Carr led his football teams to two Sun Bowl victories, in 1965 and 1967.
The Green Bay Packers drafted Carr fifth overall in 1968, making him the earliest selection in the history of his school.
That began a 10-year NFL career. Carr experimented at tight end in 1968 and defensive end in 1969 before being switched to linebacker.
He blocked three field goals and two extra points in his career, recovering 15 fumbles and making eight interceptions.
The 6-foot-5-inch, 238-pounder was named MVP of the 1971 Pro Bowl, and played in the all-star game two more times before retiring and returning to Phoenix.
Carr was named to the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1983, and the UTEP Hall of Fame in 2005.
Hometown
Phoenix
Age
64
By the numbers
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Games missed during his NFL career
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