| Len Charpier | |
| Position: | Fullback, halfback, guard |
| Birth Date: | 17 February 1897 |
| Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Evergreen Park, Illinois, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 10 |
| Weight Lbs: | 235 |
| College: | Illinois |
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| Statlabel1: | Games played |
| Statvalue1: | 1 |
| Pfr: | CharLe20 |
Leonard Louis Charpier (February 17, 1897 – October 3, 1947) was an American football player. He was sometimes known by the nickname "Tank" and was "rated as one of the hardest hitting fullbacks who ever donned a moleskin."[1]
Charpier was born in 1897 in Chicago. He attended the University of Illinois where he played freshman football as a guard in 1915 and varsity football, again as a guard, in 1916. He was selected by Walter Eckersall on the 1916 all-conference team.[2] In 1917, he played at the fullback position for Illinois.[3] The Daily Illini noted at the time: "Being almost as broad as he is tall he is rather hard to tackle and it must be an almost perfect tackle to bring him down. . . . The real superiority of Charpier lies in his ability to run ends. The opponents are never sure when he intends to punt or run."[4]
He later played semipro football as a fullback position for the Pullman Thorns from 1918 to 1919 and the combined Chicago Thorns-Tornadoes team in 1920.[5] [6]
He also appeared in one game for the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) at the end of the 1920 season.[7] He appeared as the right halfback position for the Cardinals in a loss to the Chicago Staleys on December 5, 1920.[8]
Charpier later became a medical doctor, working in the Roseland section of Chicago for more than 25 years. He died in 1947 of a heart attack at the Little Mary of Hospital in Evergreen Park, Illinois.[7] [9]