Larry McCarren

Larry McCarren

McCarren (left) signing autographs with Lynn Dickey
No. 54
Position:	Center
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1951-11-09) November 9, 1951 (age 65)
Place of birth:	Park Forest, Illinois
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	246 lb (112 kg)
Career information
College:	Illinois
NFL Draft:	1973 / Round: 12 / Pick: 308
Career history
Green Bay Packers (1973–1984)
Career highlights and awards
2× Pro Bowl (1982, 1983) Packers Hall of Fame
Career NFL statistics
Games Played: 162 Games Started: 154

Larry Anthony McCarren (born November 9, 1951 in Park Forest, Illinois) is a former American football player for twelve seasons in the National Football League with the Green Bay Packers. McCarren had a long career as the Packers' starting center. He was named to the Pro Bowl in 1982 and 1983. After his playing career ended, he was inducted in the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.

He began a television and radio broadcasting career in 1988 at WFRV-TV and he was named the Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year four times. McCarren has been working on the Packers Radio Network as the color commentator for the Packers' radio broadcasts since 1995.

During his time with the team, the Packers compiled an overall record of 71 - 99 - 5. He earned the nickname the "Rock" after he started 162 consecutive games, which is the team's fourth longest consecutive games start streak as of May 2008. He played in two NFL Pro Bowls in 1982 and 1983. He was inducted in the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1992.

In 1988 McCarren became the main sports anchor and sports director of Green Bay's WFRV-TV (Channel 5), a position he held until March 2012, when the station announced he was departing. He hosted "Larry McCarren's Locker Room" during the NFL season, which included player interviews, highlights, and breakdowns of game film. McCarren began as a color commentator and game analyst on the "Packers Radio Network" with Jim Irwin and Max McGee in 1995, and has been teamed with play by play voice Wayne Larrivee on radio broadcasts since 1999. He was named the Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year in 1994, 1996, 2002, and 2007 by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.