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{{Short description|Dutch ice hockey player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{family name hatnote|van Wieren|Wieren|lang=Dutch}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = 
| caption =
| image_size = 225px
| played_for = [[HYS The Hague]]<br>[[Utrecht Hunters]]<br>[[Heerenveen Flyers]]
| position = [[Centre (ice hockey)|Centre]]
| ntl_team = NED
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 181
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|5|3}}
| birth_place = [[Bolsward]], [[Netherlands]]
| draft = Undrafted
| career_start = 1971
| career_end = 1985
}}
'''Larry Titus van Wieren''' (born May 3, 1951) is a former professional [[ice hockey]] player in the Netherlands. He competed for [[Dutch national ice hockey team|the Dutch national team]] for the [[1980 Winter Olympics]] and the 1981 [[World Ice Hockey Championships]].

He was born in [[Bolsward]], [[Netherlands]], but raised near [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]].{{citation needed|date=August 2014}} A forward and shooting right-handed, van Wieren joined the [[HYS The Hague|Den Haag Wolves]] in 1971 and played three seasons. After a year away from the Netherlands, he played 1975-6 with [[Utrecht Dragons|IJshockey Club Utrecht]]. Van Wieren then spent the next 9 seasons with [[Heerenveen Flyers]]. He best season offensively was his first with the Flyers, 1976-7, when he scored 42 goals and 106 points in 37 games. His second best was his second last, 1983-4, when he netted 40 and collected 57 assists for 97 points in 47 games.

At the [[1980 Winter Olympics|Lake Placid Olympics]], van Wieren, who led the team as Captain, played all 5 games, scoring a goal and four assists. The next year saw the Netherlands compete in Pool A at the [[Ice Hockey World Championships|IIHF World Championships]]. van Wieren collected a goal and 3 assists in 8 games.

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[[Category:1951 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Den Haag Wolves players]]
[[Category:Dutch emigrants to Canada]]
[[Category:Dutch ice hockey forwards]]
[[Category:Heerenveen Flyers players]]
[[Category:Ice hockey players at the 1980 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:IJshockey Club Utrecht players]]
[[Category:Olympic ice hockey players for the Netherlands]]
[[Category:People from Bolsward]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Friesland]]


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