Walker Carpenter

Walker Carpenter
	Carpenter c. 1917; "Big Six"
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Position	Tackle/End
Class	1918
Major	Mechanical engineering
Personal information
Born:	June 3, 1893; Newnan, Georgia, U.S.
Died:	September 24, 1956 (aged 63); Newnan, Georgia, U.S.
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	184 lb (83 kg)
Career history
College	Georgia Tech (1914–1917)
Career highlights and awards
	National champion (1917); 2× SIAA champion (1916, 1917); First-team All-American (1917); 2× All-Southern (1916, 1917); Tech All-Era Team (John Heisman Era);

Walker Glenn "Bill" "Big Six" Carpenter (June 3, 1893 – September 24, 1956) was an American football tackle for John Heisman's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado of the Georgia Institute of Technology. He and teammate Everett Strupper were the first players from the Deep South selected to an All-America team, in 1917.^[1] Carpenter was inducted into the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 1965.^[2] He is also a member of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame and the Helms Football Hall of Fame.

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Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Carpenter c. 1917 "Big Six"
Position	Tackle/End
Class	1918
Major	Mechanical engineering
Personal information
Born:	(1893-06-03)June 3, 1893 Newnan, Georgia, U.S.
Died:	September 24, 1956(1956-09-24) (aged 63) Newnan, Georgia, U.S.
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	184 lb (83 kg)
Career history
College	Georgia Tech (1914–1917)
Career highlights and awards
National champion (1917) 2× SIAA champion (1916, 1917) First-team All-American (1917) 2× All-Southern (1916, 1917) Tech All-Era Team (John Heisman Era)