Fred Carr, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fred Carr

American football linebacker

Date of Birth: 19-Aug-1946

Place of Birth: Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Date of Death: 19-Feb-2018

Profession: American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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.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 US 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.Carr died on February 19, 2018, after suffering from dementia and prostate cancer, at the age of 71.