Lawrence Dale Isbell was an American baseball and gridiron football player.
11 Facts About Larry Isbell
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Larry Isbell was one of the rare players to be All-American in both baseball and in football.
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Larry Isbell was an All-American quarterback in 1951, when he guided the Baylor Bears football team to the Orange Bowl; he threw for 26 career touchdowns in college.
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Larry Isbell played minor league baseball for the Boston Red Sox and Brooklyn Dodgers organizations.
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Larry Isbell played five years of professional football in the Canadian Football League as a defensive back with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
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Larry Isbell is a member of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.
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Back with the Colonels in 1953, Larry Isbell was even better at.
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Larry Isbell played three games for the Fort Worth Panthers, hitting.
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Larry Isbell then signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League and played for five years as an All-Star defensive back as well as a punter, quarterback and wide receiver.
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Larry Isbell is a member of both the Baylor Hall of Fame and Texas Sports Hall of Fame.
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Larry Isbell was living in Waco, Texas and working as a car salesman in Clifton, Texas when he died of a heart attack in 1978.