Larry Ferguson
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Position: | Halfback |
Personal information | |
Born: | Madison, Illinois, U.S. | March 19, 1940
Died: | May 31, 2015 Chicago Heights, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 75)
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) |
Career information | |
College: | Iowa |
NFL draft: | 1962 / Round: 4 / Pick: 52 |
AFL draft: | 1962 / Round: 17 / Pick: 129 |
Career history | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NFL statistics | |
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Larry Pearly Ferguson (March 19, 1940 – May 31, 2015) was a
College career
Larry Ferguson only carried the ball nine times for Iowa as a sophomore in 1959, but he gained national attention as a junior in 1960. He had an 85-yard touchdown run in the season opener against Oregon State, and he had a 70-yard interception return for a touchdown the following week.[1] In Iowa’s final conference game that season, Ferguson had a 91-yard touchdown run against Ohio State to help give Iowa a 35-12 victory and a share of the 1960 Big Ten title.[2] He was voted first-team all-Big Ten and first-team All-American as a junior in 1960.
In 1961, Ferguson suffered a season ending knee injury in the first quarter of the first game. He was given a medical redshirt and returned for his senior season in 1962. As a senior in 1962, Larry Ferguson led the Hawkeyes in rushing with 547 yards and was named all-Big Ten. As team captain, he helped lead Iowa to victories over Michigan and Ohio State, the first time Iowa had ever defeated both of those schools in the same season.[3]
Ferguson played in the 1963
Professional career
Ferguson played one season with the
References
- ISBN 1-57167-178-1)
- ISBN 1-426-94303-2)
- ISBN 1-426-94303-2)
- ISBN 1-57167-178-1)
- ^ University of Iowa All-Time team Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pro Football Reference
- ^ "Larry Ferguson". justsportsstats.com. Retrieved June 19, 2016.