Larry Garron

Infobox Pro Football player


Color=Red
fontcolor=White
DateOfBirth=Birth date and age|1937|5|23|mf=y
Birthplace= Marks, Mississippi
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Position=Fullback
College=Western Illinois
Jersey=40
Stats=Y
Career Highlights=Y
AFL DraftedYear=1960
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Career Highlights=Y
Stats=y
DatabaseFootball=GARROLAR01
PFR=GarrLa00
Awards=
Honors=Boston Patriots All-Time AFL (1960's Decade) Team
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years=1960-1968
teams=AFL Boston Patriots
AFLAllStar=1961, 1963, 1964, 1967
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Larry Garron was a college and professional American football player. A fullback, he played college football at Western Illinois University, and played professionally in the American Football League for the Boston Patriots from 1960 through 1963, and in 1965. He averaged 5.9 yards per carry in 1962 and accounted for 1,168 total yards from scrimmage in 1963. Garron was an American Football League All-Star in 1961, 1963, 1964 and 1967, and a member of the Patriots' All-1960s (AFL) Team..

Later, Larry Garron went on to study the martial arts. He holds rank in Kenpō (fist law), Hakkō-ryū Jujutsu, Gōjū-ryū (hard soft system), Shintō Musō-ryū, Yoshitsune Jujitsu, and Taekwondo.

ee also

*Other American Football League players

External links

* [http://www.remembertheafl.com/1965ToppsPatriots.htm#LarryGarron Garron's 1965 Topps football card]
* [http://www.remembertheafl.com/All-1960sPatriotsTeam.htm 1960s All-Decade Team]

NOTE: Larry Garron was the starting running back for the Boston Patriots of the American Football League the name of the team was not called the New England Patriots until 1971.