currentpositionplain finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue article_title finalteam draftround birth_date alt statseason pfr draftyear heightin death_place heightft number image college debutteam name statlabel caption birth_place nfl weight dbf highschool draftpick
halfback , end 1960 28 january 2011 1950 1,199 823 17 ken carpenter -lrb- american football -rrb-
 denver broncos 1 26 february 1926 ken carpenter on a 1950 bowman football card 1960 carpke00 1950 0 seaside , oregon 6 46 , 84 , 20 , 89 ken carpenter , american football halfback , in 1950.png oregon state cleveland browns ken carpenter rushing yards receiving yards touchdowns carpenter on a 1950 bowman football card seaside , oregon car303186 195 carpeken01 seaside -lrb- or -rrb- 13
ken carpenter -lrb- american football -rrb-

kenneth leroy carpenter -lrb- february 26 , 1926 -- january 28 , 2011 -rrb- was an american football halfback who played for the cleveland browns in the national football league -lrb- nfl -rrb- and the saskatchewan roughriders in the canadian football league -lrb- cfl -rrb- in the 1950s .
following his playing career , carpenter coached during the 1960s in the cfl , nfl and a variety of smaller leagues in the united states .
carpenter was from oregon and became a standout at oregon state university , where he played between 1946 and 1949 .
the browns selected him in the first round of the 1950 draft , making him their first selection since joining the league .
carpenter played with for the browns between 1950 and 1953 , a span during which the team won one nfl championship and played in three more .
he was named to the pro bowl in 1951 .
carpenter jumped to the cfl in 1954 , quickly becoming a star rusher and receiver for the roughriders .
he led the western interprovincial football union in scoring in 1955 and won the division 's most valuable player award .
he was named a divisional all-star in 1955 , 1956 and 1958 .
carpenter was named head coach of the roughriders in 1960 , but was not successful in that role .
he then returned to playing , spending part of the 1960 season with the denver broncos of the new american football league .
a series of jobs coaching teams in the united football league , the continental football league and atlantic coast football league followed , interrupted by one year as an assistant for the nfl 's washington redskins in 1968 .
after retiring from football , carpenter worked as the head of recreation at the indiana department of correction .
he was inducted into the oregon sports hall of fame in 1982 and into oregon state 's hall of fame in 1991 .
