Harlan Bradley "Gotch" Carr (April 30, 1903 – October 24, 1970) was a professional

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player from

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. He attended

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and made his professional debut in the

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in 1927 with the

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. He also played for the

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in 1927. He scored two rushing touchdowns in ten NFL games during his 1-year career. Harlan played basketball with Vic Hanson at Syracuse University. After his collegiate career, he also played with Vic Hanson's All-Americas pro basketball team for two seasons from 1928 to 1930.

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* http://www.orangehoops.org/HCarr.htm * https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=carr--001har * https://web.archive.org/web/20111122234602/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=CARRHAR01
Gersbacher, Ron. (2012, January 27). "History of Syracuse Baseball," ch. 15
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