13 Facts About Larry Onesti

Lawrence Joseph Onesti was an American professional football player who was a linebacker in the American Football League.

Larry Onesti was a three-year letterman playing college football for the Northwestern Wildcats from 1959 to 1961, and one of the first NU football players to be named Academic All-America.

Larry Onesti won the honor in 1961, following his senior season.

Larry Onesti is one of only three NU football players to be named both All-America and Academic All-America in the same season.

Larry Onesti was a ninth round draft pick of the Houston Oilers in 1962 and played four seasons in the AFL.

Larry Onesti taught for many years at Indiana University Bloomington in the faculty of Geography.

Larry Onesti attended Assumption College High School in Windsor, Ontario, where he began to play football.

Larry Onesti went on to college studies at Northwestern University where he played linebacker and was one of the first football players to make Academic All American and was later inducted into the Northwestern Hall of Fame.

Larry Onesti and June married in 1964 and moved to Houston where he was a linebacker for the Oilers for four seasons.

Larry Onesti held postdoctoral teaching positions at the University of Wisconsin, UCLA and the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Larry Onesti received fellowships from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at California Institute of Technology and the Goddard Space Flight Center.

Larry Onesti wrote and presented numerous research papers and pursued projects in Russia, China, Mexico, Japan and throughout the United States.

Larry Onesti served as a consultant to the Navajo Nation on mine restoration in Tsaile, Arizona, and as an evaluator of avalanche activity and dynamics for the Alyeska Pipeline in Anchorage, Alaska.