Education
Compton High School; University of Southern California.
Compton High School; University of Southern California.
Carpenter graduated from Compton High School, where he was a track and field star. After attending University of Southern California, he went on to serve in the United States Navy, and then began a 33-year-long career as a coach and teacher at the College of the Sequoias and Compton Community College. In 2003 he was inducted into the University of Southern California Athletic Hall of Fame.
Carpenter appears in Leni Riefenstahl"s film Olympia about the 1936 Olympic Games.
He is also mentioned by Viktor Chemmel, a character in Markus Zusak"s 2006 bestselling novel The Book Thief.