Walker Carpenter
End | |
Class | 1918 |
---|---|
Major | Mechanical engineering |
Personal information | |
Born: | Newnan, Georgia, U.S. | June 3, 1893
Died: | September 24, 1956 Newnan, Georgia, U.S. | (aged 63)
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight | 184 lb (83 kg) |
Career history | |
College | Georgia Tech (1914–1917) |
Career highlights and awards | |
|
Walker Glenn "Bill" "Big Six" Carpenter (June 3, 1893 – September 24, 1956) was an
Personal
Walker was born June 3, 1893, in
Georgia Tech
Carpenter entered The Georgia Institute of Technology in the fall of 1914, elected president of the freshman class.[3] He graduated from Tech with a degree in mechanical engineering.
Football
His coach John Heisman once said of Carpenter: "On three of Georgia Tech's greatest teams Bill Carpenter—Big Six—played right tackle in the manner that makes coaches believe that life is good. Even the coaches of the teams we walloped were given to saying that it was worth a beating to watch Bill."[1] He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team.[4]
1914 and 1915
His first year on the football team saw Carpenter suffer a serious injury during the Georgia game which caused him to have one of his kidneys removed.[5] It was wondered if he would ever play football again.[6] Carpenter defied the odds and stepped out on the field for the first game of 1915 against Mercer.
1916
Carpenter would be a starter the next year for the
1917
He was
References
- ^ ISBN 9780313284045.
pup phillips center georgia tech.
- ^ "Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame". RamblinWreck.com. Georgia Tech Athletic Association. Retrieved March 4, 2007.
- ^ Blue Print, 1914. Georgia Institute of Technology, 1914.
- ^ "U-T Greats On All-Time Southeast Team". Kingsport Post. July 31, 1969.
- ^ "Tech men Not Slackers" Technique 30 Oct 1917
- ^ Georgia Tech Student Publications. Blue Print, 1915. Georgia Institute of Technology, 1915.
- ^ Georgia Tech Student Publications. Blue Print, 1918. Georgia Institute of Technology, 1918
- ^ The Technique, Volume 7, Issue 1