Larry Station
| Date of birth | December 5, 1963 |
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| Place of birth | Omaha, Nebraska |
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| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| College | Iowa |
| NFL draft | 1986 / Round: 11 / Pick: 287 |
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| 1986 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
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Larry W. Station, Jr. (born December 5, 1963) was a college football player for the University of Iowa. Station, who played linebacker, is Iowa's leader in career tackles and was twice named as a consensus first team All-American. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2009.
Larry Station was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, just across the river from Iowa. Station was a terrific high school athlete, where he attended Omaha Central High School. He received three varsity letters in football, track, and tennis. He was a two-time first team all-state football selection in high school and was named captain of his football team.
Station was twice named the captain of his high school track team, for which he competed in shot put and discus throw. He won the Nebraska state title in the shot put his junior and senior years and won the state title in discus his senior year. In Station's senior year in 1982, he led his high school to the state championship at the Nebraska state high school track meet. In that meet, he won the state title in the shot put by setting a state meet record which stood for 17 years.
In addition to being all-city and all-conference in both football and track, Station was a top tennis player in high school. At age 14, he was ranked third in singles and first in doubles in the state of Nebraska. Station was the Nebraska state juniors tennis champion while in high school. He 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 Iowa in 1982 as a true freshman, yet he led the team with 88 tackles. He was Iowa's defensive player of the game against Michigan and he had 15 tackles against Indiana on Homecoming. He helped Iowa lead the Big Ten in both rushing defense and total defense in 1982, and Station was a second team All-Big Ten selection.
As a sophomore in 1983, Larry Station led Iowa in tackles in seven games. He was Iowa's defensive player of the game against Purdue and Illinois and led Iowa with 138 tackles on the year. Station helped lead Iowa to a 9-3 record and a berth in the Gator Bowl. Station was selected as a consensus first team All-Big Ten linebacker and was a second team All-American.
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