Fred Carr

Freddie Alton Carr (August 19, 1946 – February 19, 2018) was an American football player who played linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1968 to 1977.

This article is about the American football player. For the insurance executive, see Fred Carr (insurance).

Fred Carr
No. 53
Position:Linebacker
Personal information
Born:(1946-08-19)August 19, 1946
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Died:February 19, 2018(2018-02-19) (aged 71)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Height:6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:238 lb (108 kg)
Career information
High school:Phoenix (AZ) Union
College:UTEP
NFL draft:1968 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Interceptions:8
INT yards:98
Touchdowns:1
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Carr attended Phoenix Union High School, where he also competed in basketball and track, representing P.U.H.S. as a discus thrower and in the shot put. He was in the top ten discus throwers in the U.S. in his senior year. He played for Phoenix College before transferring to the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in 1965, where he was called "Probably the best overall linebacker in school history." Fred was inducted into the UTEP Athletics Hall of Fame, September 23, 2005, and would later also be elected to the Phoenix College (PCAA) Hall of Fame in their inaugural class of 2007.

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