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Carr was born in Glasgow but spent part of his formative teenage years in Cambridge, where his family relocated in 1963.
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He is famed for the donkey kick goal scored for Coventry City against Everton in October 1970, when he took a free kick by gripping the ball between his ankles and flicking it up for Ernie Hunt to volley home. The move gained widespread fame as the match was televised on Match of the Day, and moved the authorities to ban the technique at the end of the season. The midfielder had joined Coventry in 1967 as an apprentice and made his debut as a substitute against Arsenal that year.
He remained at Highfield Road until 1975, scoring 37 goals in 292 games in all competitions for the Sky Blues.
Carr struggled with a knee injury (suffered against Liverpool in April 1973), before moving on to Wolverhampton Wanderers for £80,000 in March 1975 and made his debut against Chelsea in the same month, scoring once in a memorable 7–1 victory. He finally left Wolves in Summer 1982 shortly after they were relegated from the top flight.
In total, he made 289 appearances for the club, scoring 26 times. He joined Millwall, but lasted just six months at the London club before returning to the Midlands and drifting out of the professional game.
He had spells at Worcester City, Willenhall Town and Stourbridge in the non-league before calling time on his playing career in 1988.
Today, he is a representative for an engineering supplies firm in the Birmingham area.
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