Age: 24
2nd
season in pro football & with Eagles
College: Southern
Methodist
Height: 6’1” Weight: 203
Prelude:
Carter, who played
baseball and basketball as well as football in college, joined the first-year
Eagles in 1933 and moved into the starting lineup at right end, catching five
passes, good for 109 yards (21.8 avg.) and two touchdowns.
1934 Season Summary
Appeared in all
11 games
[Bracketed
numbers indicate league rank in Top 20]
Pass
Receiving
Receptions – 16
[1, tied with Red Badgro]
Yards – 238 [2]
Average gain
– 14.9 [5]
TDs – 4 [2]
Scoring
TDs – 4 [11,
tied with Harry Newman & Roger Grove]
Points – 24 [18]
Eagles went 4-7
to finish third in the NFL Eastern Division (tied with the Brooklyn Dodgers).
Aftermath:
Carter spent
another six seasons with the Eagles. He received second-team All-NFL
recognition from Collyers Eye and the Chicago Daily News in 1936 and reached
the apex of his career in 1938, when he caught 27 passes for 386 yards (14.3
avg.) and 7 TDs and was named to the Pro All-Star Game (predecessor to the Pro
Bowl) as well as garnering second-team All-NFL honors from the Pro Football
Writers and New York Daily News. Carter had another All-Star season in 1939,
with 24 receptions for 292 yards (12.2 avg.) and two touchdowns. He later saw
action with Green Bay in 1942, spent ’43 in the military, and then was with Brooklyn
in 1944 and the Chicago Cardinals in 1945, his final season. Overall, Carter
caught 132 passes for 1989 yards (15.1 avg.) and 22 touchdowns. Of those
totals, 114 receptions for 1810 yards and 21 TDs came with the Eagles. Carter
twice received second-team All-NFL recognition and was chosen to two Pro/NFL
All-Star Games.
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Highlighted Years features players who were consensus
first-team All-League* selections or league* or conference** leaders in the
following statistical categories:
Rushing:
Yards, TDs (min. 10)
Passing:
Yards, Completion Pct., Yards per Attempt, TDs, Rating
Receiving:
Catches, Yards, TDs (min. 10)
Scoring: TDs,
Points, Field Goals (min. 5)
All-Purpose:
Total Yards
Defense:
Interceptions, Sacks
Kickoff
Returns: Average
Punt Returns:
Average
Punting:
Average
*Leagues
include NFL (1920 to date), AFL (1926), AFL (1936-37), AAFC (1946-49), AFL
(1960-69), WFL (1974-75), USFL (1983-85)
**NFC/AFC
since 1970
