:Larry Highbaugh

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (1949–2017)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox CFL biography

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1949|1|14}}

| birth_place = Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|3|21|1949|1|14}}

| death_place = Snellville, Georgia, U.S.

| number = 13

| import = yes

| position1 = Defensive Back

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 9

| weight_lb = 175

| college = Indiana

| playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|1971}}–{{CFL Year|1972}}

| playing_team1 = BC Lions

| playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|1972}}–{{CFL Year|1983}}

| playing_team2 = Edmonton Eskimos

| career_highlights = *6× Grey Cup champion (1975, 1978–1982)

| CFLAllStar = {{CFL Year|1973}}, {{CFL Year|1974}}, {{CFL Year|1977}}

| CFLWestAllStar = {{CFL Year|1973}}, {{CFL Year|1974}}, {{CFL Year|1975}}, {{CFL Year|1977}}

| honors = 1996 – Edmonton Eskimos Wall of Honour

| records = Eskimos Records

• Longest Kick Return (118) – October 17, 1976
• Longest Punt Return (116) – October 26, 1975
• Most Interceptions – Career (66)
• Most Interception Return Yards – Career (770)
• Most Kick Return Touchdowns – Career (3)

| CFHOF = larry-highbaugh

| CFHOFYear = 2004

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Larry Highbaugh (January 14, 1949 – March 21, 2017) was an American defensive back who played with the BC Lions from 1971 to 1972 and the Edmonton Eskimos from 1972 to 1983 of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

Highbaugh attended Indiana University at Bloomington, where he competed on the football and track teams. As a sprinter the Indiana Hoosiers track and field team, Highbaugh finished 7th in the 100 m at the 1969 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.{{cite web |url=https://www.ustfccca.org/records-lists/meet-history-by-event?gender=1&series=3369&event=2 |title=100 meters at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships |website=USTFCCCA |access-date=28 December 2024}}

He won six Grey Cup championships while with the Eskimos and was a three-time CFL All-Star.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/former-edmonton-eskimo-star-larry-highbaugh-dies-1.4036484|title=Former Edmonton Eskimo star Larry Highbaugh dies|work=cbc.ca|access-date=22 March 2017}}

Highbaugh was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2004 and in November, 2006, was voted one of the CFL's Top 50 players (#38) of the league's modern era by Canadian television sports network TSN.

After his football career ended he taught at South Gwinnett High School in Snellville, Georgia and died there at age 67.

His grandson, Tre Roberson, is a cornerback who plays for the Calgary Stampeders of the CFL