Carl Huntington (December 4, 1947 – October 13, 2000)[1] was an Athabaskan-American[2] 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.
[3] In addition to winning the Iditarod, he also won the Open World Championship Race, or the Fur Rendezvous Race in 1973 and 1977,[4] 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.
"[5] 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.