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{{Short description|American football player (1937–2019)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name          = Larry Garron
| image         =
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| number        = 40
| position      = [[Fullback (American football)|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 Leathernecks football|Western Illinois]]
| undraftedyear = 1960
| pastteams     =
* [[Boston Patriots]] ([[1960 American Football League season|1960]]–[[1968 American Football League season|1968]])
| highlights    =
* 4× [[American Football League All-Star game|AFL All-Star]] (1961, 1963, 1964, 1967)
* [[New England Patriots|Boston Patriots All-1960s Team]]
| pfr           = G/GarrLa00 
}}
'''Lawrence Jr. Garron''' (May 23, 1937 – September 13, 2019)<ref name="y237">{{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}}</ref> was an American [[professional football (gridiron)|professional football]] player.  A [[fullback (American football)|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 games|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 (martial art)|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<ref>[http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/article/20101212/news/312129951 Arnold Garron interview 2010] Retrieved on May 23, 2016</ref>

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

==References==
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[[Category:American Football League All-Star players]]
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