Larry Kelm

{{Short description|American football player (1964–2014)}}

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{{More citations needed|date=November 2014}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Larry Kelm

| number = 52

| position = Linebacker

| birth_date = {{birth date|1964|11|29}}

| birth_place = Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|11|22|1964|11|29|mf=y}}

| death_place = near Laredo, Texas, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 236

| high_school = Richard King
(Corpus Christi, Texas)

| college = Texas A&M

| draftyear = 1987

| draftround = 4

| draftpick = 108

| pastteams =

| statlabel1 = Sacks

| statvalue1 = 2.0

| statlabel2 = Interceptions

| statvalue2 = 3

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 4

| pfr = KelmLa20

}}

Larry Dean Kelm (November 29, 1964 – November 22, 2014) was an American professional football player from Corpus Christi, Texas, who played linebacker for seven seasons for the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers. He was selected by the Rams in the fourth round of the 1987 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1987 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1987/draft.htm |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}

Death

On November 22, 2014, while deer hunting near Laredo, Texas, Kelm fell from a windmill he was using as a deer blind and died. R.C. Slocum, his coach while at Texas A&M was "heartbroken" by the news.{{Cite web |url=http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2014/11/former-wrecking-crew-linebacker-larry-kelm-passes-away-in-hunting-accident/ |title="Former Wrecking Crew linebacker Larry Kelm passes away in hunting accident", by Brent Zwereman, Chron.com |access-date=2014-11-25 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093229/http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2014/11/former-wrecking-crew-linebacker-larry-kelm-passes-away-in-hunting-accident/ |url-status=dead }}

He died at age 49.

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