Larry Cole
| Larry Cole | |
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Position (s): Defensive End / Defensive Tackle |
Jersey number (s): 63 |
| born November 15, 1946 in Clarkfield , Minnesota | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1968 - 1980 | |
| NFL Draft : 1968 / Round: 16 / Pick: 428 | |
| College : University of Hawaii at Manoa | |
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Dallas Cowboys (1968–1980) |
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| Career statistics | |
| Games | 176 |
| as a starter | 134 |
| Interception | 4th |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Larry Rudolph Cole (* 15. November 1946 in Clarkfield , Minnesota , United States ) Nickname : Bubber Frank or Bubba is a former American American football player . He played for the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL) and won the Super Bowl twice ( VI , XII ) with the Cowboys .
Player career
College career
Larry Cole visited in Granite Falls , the high school and studied for his degree first at the United States Air Force Academy . For disciplinary reasons he was forced to leave the academy. About the University of Houston he moved to the University of Hawaii at Manoa for their football team, the Hawaii Rainbow Wariors , he played college football . He was used in the position of a defensive tackle and acted as deputy team captain .
Professional career
Larry Cole was in the 1968 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys trained by Tom Landry in the 16th round in 428th place. selected. The late commitment does not give Cole much hope for a great professional career at first. Due to good training performance, however, he was used as a starter in the position of a defensive end in his rookie game year . In the defense of the team, supervised by Ernie Stautner , played the later members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Bob Lilly and Mel Renfro . With other top players such as Dave Edwards and George Andrie , this part of the team from Dallas went down in NFL history as Doomsday Defense .
After the regular season 1970 Coles was able to move into the Super Bowl for the first time with the Cowboys after a 17:10 win over the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game . In Super Bowl V , however, the Baltimore Colts were able to prevail with 16:13.
The following year, Roger Staubach took over the role of starting quarterback for the team from Texas . Larry Cole and the Cowboys won Super Bowl VI this year after a 14-3 win over the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game against the Miami Dolphins, trained by Don Shula , 24-3 . Cole was able to secure a fumble from quarterback Bob Griese in the game .
In the 1975 season , Cole, who had switched to the position of defensive tackle before the season, could then move into the Super Bowl for the third time. In the NFC Championship Game, the Los Angeles Rams were initially defeated 37: 7. However, the Cowboys could not prevail against the Pittsburgh Steelers , who were looked after by Chuck Noll , and lost the Super Bowl X just under 21:17.
Two years later, however, the Dallas Cowboys achieved their second Super Bowl victory. Cole, who had ceded his starting position to Randy White before the season, moved with his team after twelve wins and two defeats in the regular season in the play-offs . In the divisional play-off game against the Chicago Bears they had no chance in their 37: 7 defeat. In the following NFC Championship Game, the Minnesota Vikings lost 23: 6. This success was followed by a 27:10 win over the Denver Broncos , with which Cole could win his second Super Bowl.
After the 1980 season, Cole retired.
After the career
Larry Cole became a successful building contractor after his career. His company, Larry Cole Construction, is based in Fort Worth , Texas . Cole is married and has two children.
source
- Jens Plassmann: NFL - American Football. The game, the stars, the stories (= Rororo 9445 rororo Sport ), Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-499-19445-7
- Peter Golenbock: Landry's Boys: An Oral History of a Team and an Era , Triumph Books, 2005, ISBN 1-61749-954-4
- Brian Jensen, Troy Aikman : Where Have All Our Cowboys Gone , 2005, ISBN 1-4616-3611-6
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Annual statistics of the cowboys 1970
- ↑ Statistics NFC Championship Game 1970
- ↑ Super Bowl V statistics
- ↑ Annual statistics of the cowboys 1971
- ↑ Statistics NFC Championship Game 1971
- ↑ Super Bowl VI statistics
- ↑ Annual statistics of the cowboys 1975
- ↑ Statistics NFC Championship Game 1975
- ↑ Super Bowl X statistics
- ↑ Annual statistics of the Dallas Cowboys 1977
- ↑ Statistics NFC Championship Game 1977
- ↑ Super Bowl XII statistics
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Cole, Larry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cole, Larry Rudolph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Clarkfield , Minnesota , USA |