Carl Huntington

{{Short description|Athabaskan-American dog musher (1947–2000)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Carl Huntington

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|12|4}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|10|13|1947|12|4}}

| death_place = Fairbanks, Alaska

| nationality = American

| occupation = Dog musher

| known_for = Winning the 1974 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race

}}

Carl Huntington (December 4, 1947 – October 13, 2000){{cite web|url=https://www.fold3.com/record/79169850-carl-huntington?terms=Carl%20Huntington|website=Fold3|publisher=Ancestry.com|title=Carl Huntington|accessdate=August 6, 2020}} was an Athabaskan-American{{cite web |last1=Runyan |first1=Joe |title=A Tribute to lead dog Nugget—an Iditarod Legend |url=https://iditarod.com/musher/a-tribute-to-lead-dog-nugget-an-iditarod-legend/ |website=Iditarod |date=February 22, 2013 |accessdate=February 28, 2020}} dog musher who is best known for winning the 1974 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race as a rookie, with a time of 20 days, 15 hours, 1 minute, 7 seconds.{{cite web |title=Race Archives |url=https://iditarod.com/race/archives/ |website=Iditarod |date=January 13, 2013 |accessdate=February 26, 2020}}

In addition to winning the Iditarod, he also won the Open World Championship Race, or the Fur Rendezvous Race in 1973 and 1977,{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/anchorage-daily-news/161823239/|title=Musher holds a special renown (II)|first=Lew|last=Freedman|work=Anchorage Daily News|date=October 18, 2000|access-date=December 29, 2024|page=24|via=Newspapers.com}} a unique feat because this race was a speed competition, while the Iditarod is a distance competition. In reference to this, musher Libby Riddles said "There's nobody that has quite the record he has."{{cite news |title=Mushing legend dies from apparent suicide |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20001016&slug=4048187 |accessdate=February 26, 2020 |work=The Seattle Times |date=October 16, 2000}}

Huntington died of an apparent suicide on October 13, 2000. He had recently been estranged from his family, and was charged with sexual abuse of a minor.