- Larry McCarren
NFL player
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DateOfBirth=Birth date and age|1951|11|9|mf=y
Birthplace=Park Forest, Illinois
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College=Illinois
Position=Center
DraftedYear=1973
DraftedRound=12 / Pick 308
ProBowls=2
Honors=Packers Hall of Fame
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years=1973-1984
teams=Green Bay Packers
CBS=Laurence Anthony McCarren (born
November 9 ,1951 inPark Forest, Illinois ) is a formerAmerican football center who played for twelve seasons in theNational Football League with theGreen Bay Packers . He earned the nickname the "Rock" after he started 162 consecutive games, which is the team's fourth longest consecutive games start streak as of May 2008. [http://www.wfrv.com/content/sports/packer/story.aspx?content_id=aa68e4e5-2361-4d8c-acff-93ab1950f997 Packers Hall Of Fame Banquet Sold Out] onWFRV ; RetrievedJune 8 2008 ] He played in two NFLPro Bowl s in 1982 and 1983. He was inducted in theGreen Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1992.He became the head sportscaster in 1988 at
WFRV-TV inGreen Bay, Wisconsin He hosts "Larry McCarren's Locker Room" during the NFL season which includes player interviews, highlights, and breakdowns of the game film. McCarren began teaming withWayne Larrivee as the color commentator and analyst to broadcast Green Bay games on the "Packers Radio Network" in 1995. He was named the Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year in 1994, 1996, 2002, and 2007 by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.References
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