30 Facts About Larry Station

Larry Station played college football at the University of Iowa.

Larry Station is Iowa's leader in career tackles and was twice named as a consensus first-team All-American.

Larry Station was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, just across the river from Iowa.

Larry Station was a two-time first-team all-state football selection in high school and was named captain of his football team.

Larry Station was twice named the captain of his high school track team, for which he competed in shot put and discus throw.

Larry Station won the Nebraska state title in the shot put his junior and senior years and won the state title in discus his senior year.

Larry Station was the Nebraska state juniors tennis champion while in high school.

Larry Station was so adept at tennis that Iowa coach Hayden Fry offered to let him play on the Hawkeye tennis team, an offer Station declined.

Larry Station only started five football games at the University of Iowa in 1982 as a true freshman, yet he led the team with 88 tackles.

Larry Station was Iowa's defensive player of the game against Michigan and he had 15 tackles against Indiana on homecoming.

Larry Station helped Iowa lead the Big Ten in both rushing defense and total defense in 1982, and Station was a second-team All-Big Ten Conference selection.

Larry Station was Iowa's defensive player of the game against Purdue and Illinois and led Iowa with 138 tackles on the year.

Larry Station was selected as a consensus first-team All-Big Ten linebacker and was a second-team All-American.

In 1984, Larry Station again led Iowa in tackles with 137 and recovered fumbles in three Big Ten games.

Larry Station had 21 tackles against Minnesota and three sacks against Northwestern.

Larry Station was selected as first-team All-Big Ten for the second time and was a consensus first team All-American in 1984.

Larry Station led Iowa in tackles for the fourth straight season with 129.

Larry Station was selected as a co-captain and the co-MVP of the 1985 Hawkeyes.

Larry Station was a finalist for the Lombardi Award and the Butkus Award, and he was twice selected as Iowa's defensive player of the game in 1985.

Larry Station was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten player for the third consecutive year, and for the second consecutive year, Larry Station was a consensus first-team All-American.

Larry Station was chosen as an Academic All-American for the second straight year and won Iowa's Scholastic Achievement Award.

Larry Station had 492 career tackles, the most in Hawkeye history, but he is best remembered for one: his game-saving tackle of running back Jamie Morris in Iowa's 1985 game against Michigan.

Larry Station anticipated the handoff to Morris and reacted with lightning speed, dropping Morris for a two-yard loss.

Larry Station then obtained a master's degree in business administration from Washington University in St Louis.

Larry Station returned to Omaha, where he bought his family's grocery store, Bedford Market, and a number of rental properties he oversees.

Not only does Larry Station hold the record for career tackles at Iowa, he is the only player to have led the Hawkeyes in tackles in four seasons.

Larry Station is only the second Iowa player to twice be named a consensus first team All-American.

Larry Station was inducted into the Iowa Sports Hall of Fame in 2000.

Larry Station was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2009.

In 1989, Iowa fans selected an all-time Iowa football team during the 100th anniversary celebration of Iowa football, and Larry Station was selected to the team as a linebacker.