Larry Lauer (1927-1992) was a center in the

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Biography

Lauer was born Lawrence Gene Lauer on August 27, 1927 in

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Career

Lauer was drafted in the eighth round of the

1951 NFL Draft The 1951 National Football League Draft was held January 18–19, 1951, at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago. The Baltimore Colts folded after the 1950 season, and the NFL placed their players in the 1951 NFL draft. This was the fifth year that t ...

by the New York Yanks and later played two seasons with the

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. He played at the collegiate level at the

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