Larry Garron
{{Short description|American football player (1937–2019)}}
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{{Use American English|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Larry Garron
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| number = 40
| position = Fullback
| birth_date = {{Birth date |1937|5|23|}}
| birth_place = Marks, Mississippi, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|9|13|1937|5|23|mf=y}}
| death_place = Framingham, Massachusetts, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lbs = 195
| high_school = Argo (IL)
| college = Western Illinois
| undraftedyear = 1960
| pastteams =
| highlights =
- 4× AFL All-Star (1961, 1963, 1964, 1967)
- Boston Patriots All-1960s Team
| pfr = G/GarrLa00
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Lawrence Jr. Garron (May 23, 1937 – September 13, 2019){{cite web | title=Original Boston Patriots RB Larry Garron passed away | website=New England Patriots | date=2019-09-14 | url=https://www.patriots.com/news/original-boston-patriots-rb-larry-garron-passed-away | access-date=2024-11-03}} was an American professional football player. A fullback, he played college football at Western Illinois University, then played professionally in the American Football League (AFL) for the Boston Patriots from 1960 through 1968. He holds the team record run of 85 yards from scrimmage, set in a game against the Buffalo Bills on October 22, 1961. He averaged 5.9 yards per carry in 1962 and accounted for 1,168 total yards from scrimmage in 1963.
Career
Garron was an American Football League All-Star in 1961, 1963, 1964 and 1967, and a member of the Patriots' All-1960s (AFL) Team.
For one season, along with Bob Fouracre, he served as a color commentator for New England Patriots preseason games.
At the same time Larry Garron was on the Patriots he studied various forms of martial arts. He held ranks in Kenpō (fist law), Hakkō-ryū Jujutsu, Gōjū-ryū (hard soft system), Shintō Musō-ryū, Yoshitsune Jujitsu, and Taekwondo.
Family
Larry had some talented sporting sons and nephews, including nephew Donald Garron, who won the 1981 Massachusetts All State 220 yard championship in 22.37, as well as Rufus Harris, who had a tryout with the Boston Celtics in 1980. Two of his sons, Arnold and Andre, are in the Hall of Fame for American football at the University of New Hampshire. Andre also played professionally for the Kansas City Chiefs as a running back and kick returner for two seasons in the late 1980s. Arnold also played professionally in the NFL one year for the New England Patriots and one year for the Washington Redskins as a defensive back[http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/article/20101212/news/312129951 Arnold Garron interview 2010] Retrieved on May 23, 2016
See also
References
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Category:American football fullbacks
Category:Boston Patriots players
Category:New England Patriots announcers
Category:Western Illinois Leathernecks football players
Category:American Football League All-Star players
Category:People from Quitman County, Mississippi
Category:Sportspeople from Framingham, Massachusetts
Category:American Football League players
Category:Players of American football from Mississippi
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