Place of birth Phoenix, Arizona Name Fred Carr College Texas-El Paso Role American football player | 1968-1977 Green Bay Packers Positions Linebacker Pro Bowls 3 | |
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Date of birth (1946-08-19) August 19, 1946 (age 69) NFL draft 1968 / Round: 1 / Pick 5 Education University of Texas at El Paso | ||
American football player Fred Carr Died at 71
Fred Alton Carr (born August 19, 1946) is a former American football player who played linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1968 to 1977.
Carr attended Phoenix Union High School where he competed in basketball, and representing P.U.H.S. as a discus thrower and in the shot put. Fred was in the top ten discus throwers in the USA 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.
Carr was drafted in the first round of the 1968 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers. Carr's professional career spanned 10 seasons, all with the Packers. He retired from pro football in 1977.