Marlin Theodore "Pee Wee" Carter (December 27, 1912 – December 20, 1993) was an American

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in the

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. Carter played from 1932 to 1951 with the

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, and the

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and appeared in the

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in 1942. Carter served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1943 to 1945.

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