Charles H. Carpenter (March 11, 1898 – June 22, 1975) was an

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player. He played college football for the

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team of the

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and was captain of the 1919 Wisconsin Badgers football team. He was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American at the

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position in 1919. While attending Wisconsin, Carpenter was also a member of Alpha Delta Phi, Iron Cross, White Spades, Skull and Crescent, Star and Arrow, and Student Council of Defense, and president of the Athletic Board. In 1920, Carpenter became an assistant football coach at Stanford.

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