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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||
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| Born: | September 27, 1949 Iowa City, Iowa, U.S. | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 232 lb (105 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | Rushville (IL) | ||||||
| College: | Louisville | ||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1972 / Round: 4 / Pick: 91 | ||||||
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Larry Lavern Ball (born September 27, 1949) is a former American football linebacker.
Ball was drafted out of University of Louisville in the 1972 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins. He also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Detroit Lions. During his National Football League (NFL) career, he participated in 79 games. Ball is the only player in NFL history to play an entire season for both an undefeated team, the 1972 Miami Dolphins (where he won Super Bowl VII), and a winless team, the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. (Maulty Moore also played for the 1972 Dolphins and 1976 Buccaneers, but while he was with the Dolphins for the entire 1972 season, he was signed by the '76 Bucs late in the season, playing in only five games, starting only in the final game. A third player who also played for the '72 Dolphins, Doug Swift, was taken by the Buccaneers in the expansion draft, but retired from football to enter medical school and never reported to the team.)[1]
After football, Ball worked as a guidance counselor, department head, and coach for Miami-Dade County Public Schools in Miami, Florida. He retired in 2011 after more than 30 years of service. He is active in the South Florida community, participating in numerous charity events along with his fellow '72 Undefeated Team teammates.
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References
- ^ Martz, Ron (17 July 1976). "Bear sizes up the Bucs". St. Petersburg Times.
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