:Larry Stegent

{{Short description|American football player (born 1947)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| image =

| caption =

| number = 35

| position = Running back

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|12|1}}

| birth_place = Houston, Texas, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| weight_lb = 200

| height_in = 1

| draftyear = 1970

| draftround = 1

| draftpick = 8

| high_school = St. Thomas (TX)

| college = Texas A&M

| teams =

• St. Louis Cardinals (1970–1971)

|highlights =

• First-team All-SWC (1969)

| HOF =

| CollegeHOF =

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Larry Stegent (born December 1, 1947) is an American former professional American football player who was a running back for the St. Louis Cardinals National Football League (NFL) in 1971. He lettered in four sports, including football, at St. Thomas High School in Houston, Texas from which he graduated in 1966, and to whose Sports Hall of Fame he was named in 2003.St. Thomas High School, "Larry R. Stegent '66". http://sths.org/history/hall-of-fame/56-athletics/history/hall-of-fame/151-larry-r-stegent-66 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511081535/http://sths.org/history/hall-of-fame/56-athletics/history/hall-of-fame/151-larry-r-stegent-66 |date=2013-05-11 }} Although highly touted during his collegiate career for the Texas A&M Aggies, where he was a three-time all-Southwest Conference tailback Texas A &M Lettermen's Association, "Larry R. Stegent '70, Football." {{cite web |url=http://www.aggielettermen.org/larry-r-stegent-70-football/ |title=Larry R. Stegent '70, Football Texas A&M Lettermens Association| |accessdate=2012-12-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130223161842/http://www.aggielettermen.org/larry-r-stegent-70-football/ |archivedate=2013-02-23 }} who played on A&M's 1968 Cotton Bowl championship team with future New Orleans Saints quarterback Edd Hargett,"Cotton Bowl 1968". http://www.mmbolding.com/bowls/Cotton_1968.htm he proved to be a disappointment in the NFL (owing in part to a knee injury in his first and only preseason game) as he only played in seven games, recording just one reception for 12 yards.{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/football/other_nfl/view/2009_04_26_The_top_32_worst_draft_picks_in_the_NFL/srvc=sports&position=recent_bullet|title=The top 32 worst draft picks in the NFL}}

Larry lives with his wife of {{age in years|1970}} years, Patricia McConn Stegent (Bebe), in Houston, Texas. They have 4 children, Tammy, Michael, Jason and John Casey. He is the CEO of Stegent Insurance Associates for 44 years. He is a life member of The Million Dollar Round Table and past member of The Top Of The Table.