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   |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1937|5|23|mf=y}}
   |birth_place= [[Marks, Mississippi]]
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   |position=[[Fullback (American football)|Fullback]]
   |college=[[Western Illinois University|Western Illinois]]
   |jersey='''40''', 46 (1960)
   |AFL DraftedYear=1960
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   |Honors='''Boston Patriots All-Time AFL (1960's Decade) Team'''
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   |years=1960-1968
   |teams=[[American Football League|AFL]] [[Boston Patriots]]
   |AFLAllStar=1961, 1963, 1964, 1967
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'''Larry Garron''' is an American former collegiate and [[Professional Football]] player.  A [[fullback (American football)|fullback]], he played [[college football]] at [[Western Illinois University]], and played professionally in the [[American Football League]] 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.  Garron was an [[American Football League All-Star games|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]].

==See also==
*[[List of American Football League players|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]

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| NAME              = Garron, Larry
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American football player
| DATE OF BIRTH     = May 23, 1937
| PLACE OF BIRTH    = [[Marks, Mississippi]]
| DATE OF DEATH     =
| PLACE OF DEATH    =
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[[Category:1937 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Quitman County, Mississippi]]
[[Category:American football fullbacks]]
[[Category:Western Illinois Leathernecks football players]]
[[Category:Boston Patriots (AFL) players]]
[[Category:American Football League All-Star players]]


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