Gordon K. Larson
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Gordon K. Larson
| image = Gordon K. Larson.png
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|6|15}}
| birth_place = Akron, Ohio, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|6|12|1924|6|15}}
| death_place = The Villages, Florida, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_sport1 = Basketball
| player_years2 = 1942–1943
| player_team2 = Bowling Green
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1950s
| coach_team2 = Twinsburg HS (OH)
| coach_years3 = 1959–1960
| coach_team3 = Ohio State (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1961–1972
| coach_team4 = Akron
| admin_years1 = 1970–1984
| admin_team1 = Akron
| overall_record = 74–33–5 (college)
| bowl_record = 0–1
| tournament_record =
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Gordon K. Larson (June 15, 1924 – June 12, 2005) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator in Ohio. He served as the head coach at the University of Akron from 1961 to 1972, compiling a record of 74–33–5. Larson's 74 wins are second most in the history of the Akron Zips football program, trailing only the 80 tallied by his assistant and successor, Jim Dennison. Larson died at the age of 80 on June 12, 2005, at his home in The Villages, Florida.{{cite news |title=Former Akron coach Gordon Larson dies |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cqhIAAAAIBAJ&pg=2323,2948391 |newspaper=The Vindicator |date=June 14, 2005 |accessdate=December 14, 2010 |via=Google News }}
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Akron Zips
| conf = Ohio Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1961
| endyear = 1965
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1961
| name = Akron
| overall = 6–2
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = 2nd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1962
| name = Akron
| overall = 7–2
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = 2nd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1963
| name = Akron
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 5–2
| confstanding = 5th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1964
| name = Akron
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = T–4th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1965
| name = Akron
| overall = 5–3–1
| conference = 4–1
| confstanding = T–2nd
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Akron Zips
| conf = NCAA College Division independent
| startyear = 1966
| endyear = 1972
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1966
| name = Akron
| overall = 6–3
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1967
| name = Akron
| overall = 4–4–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1968
| name = Akron
| overall = 7–3–1
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname = Grantland Rice
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1969
| name = Akron
| overall = 9–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1970
| name = Akron
| overall = 7–3
| conference =
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1971
| name = Akron
| overall = 8–2
| conference =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1972
| name = Akron
| overall = 3–4–2
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Akron
| overall = 74–33–5
| confrecord = 26–8
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 74–33–5
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
| legend = no
}}
References
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