Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: As a result , he was a three-sport standout in football ( playing quarterback , wide receiver and defensive back ) , basketball and baseball , earning the school 's Athlete of the Year award as a senior in 1969 ; forty years later he was inducted into the charter class of the Redwood High School Athletic Hall of Fame in April 2009 .
Simplified: Carroll played in three sports : football ( playing quarterback , wide receiver and defensive back ) , basketball and baseball . Carroll won the school 's Athlete of the Year award in 1969 .