Lew Carpenter
Lewis Glenn Carpenter
Born: January 12, 1932
Hayti, MO USA
Deceased: November 14, 2010
San Marcos, TX
Position: HB-FB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 220
College: Arkansas
High School: West Memphis (AR)
Career: 1953-1963
Drafted: 1953 in Round 8, #97 overall by the Detroit Lions
Lew Carpenter played from 1953 to 1963 during his career with the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers. Carpenter ran for 2,025 yards in his career on 468 attempts, scoring 16 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 87 passes for 782 yards and 4 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 13 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL Detroit Lions | 104 | 476 | 4.6 | 60 | 3 |
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 137 | 543 | 4.0 | 49 | 6 |
| 1957 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 83 | 315 | 3.8 | 55 | 4 |
| 1958 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 73 | 308 | 4.2 | 30 | 2 |
| 1959 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 60 | 322 | 5.4 | 55 | 1 |
| 1960 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 468 | 2025 | 4.3 | 60 | 16 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | NFL Detroit Lions | 16 | 145 | 9.1 | 23 | 2 |
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 44 | 312 | 7.1 | 34 | 2 |
| 1957 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 21 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 18 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 23 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 16 | 0 |
| 1962 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 7 | 104 | 14.9 | 22 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 87 | 782 | 9.0 | 34 | 4 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 13 | 150 | 11.5 | 51 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 9 | 59 | 6.6 | 12 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 6 | 130 | 21.7 | 48 | 0 |
| Totals | 28 | 339 | 12.1 | 51 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 8 | 172 | 21.5 | 30 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 25 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 12 | 249 | 20.8 | 29 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 686 | 20.2 | 30 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1954 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1957 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1958 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1959 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1960 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1962 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1963 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1954 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
| 1957 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| 1958 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1959 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Totals | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 11 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 10 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 14 | 0 |
| 1962 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 14 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 14 | 0 |
