Washington Huskies: 30 greatest football players of all-time

Chuck Carroll was born in Seattle and played his high school ball at Garfield High School. During his high school days, Carroll earned 17 varsity letters. While he was a tremendous all-around athlete, he would enter the University of Washington in 1925 and become one of the best player in program history before he was done.

A consensus All-Pacific Coast Conference player in both 1927 and 1928, Carroll set the school record for touchdowns as a junior in 1927, as he found the end zone 15 times. As a senior, he scored six touchdowns in one game against the College of Puget Sound. Carroll was actually the first person ever inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame.

In the storied history of the Huskies program, only three players have ever had their jersey number retired and Carroll is one of them. His No. 2 was retired, although it was placed back into the active roster one time. In 1964, he was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame. Back in the 1920s, Carroll was Huskies football and he dominated on both sides of the ball.

Carroll lived to be almost 100 years old and made his residence in the Seattle area for most of his life. He was an impressive man on and off the field, as he eventually became a lawyer after his playing days were over. During the two-year span he was an All-American, the Huskies went 16-6, and Carroll is a big reason for that.