“The fans went absolutely nuts in New York,” Larson recalled in 2001. “It was a special town to be in. People came out of the woodwork. People were really intense. You’ve got to understand that Giants fans go back a long time. That was their team. At that time the Giants encompassed the whole eastern area. They just loved us along the whole East Coast.”

Larson’s best individual season was in 1968 when the center was selected to the Pro Bowl along with teammates Fran Tarkenton, Homer Jones and Spider Lockhart.

He retired in 1974 due to knee injuries

“If I hadn’t had surgery,” he told The New York Times, “I definitely wouldn’t have given retirement a thought and would have come back. But the leg wasn’t responding the way I would like, and I said last year if I ever had another operation, that would be it.”

“The fans went absolutely nuts in New York,” Larson recalled in 2001. “It was a special town to be in. People came out of the woodwork. People were really intense. You’ve got to understand that Giants fans go back a long time. That was their team. At that time the Giants encompassed the whole eastern area. They just loved us along the whole East Coast.”

Larson’s best individual season was in 1968 when the center was selected to the Pro Bowl along with teammates Fran Tarkenton, Homer Jones and Spider Lockhart.

He retired in 1974 due to knee injuries

“If I hadn’t had surgery,” he told The New York Times, “I definitely wouldn’t have given retirement a thought and would have come back. But the leg wasn’t responding the way I would like, and I said last year if I ever had another operation, that would be it.”

“It doesn’t mean that much to me,” he said in 2001. “I always live for the moment, not the past so much. I’ve done that all my life. It is great to know that you have done those things. As you get older those friends that you had do become more meaningful.”

He is survived by his wife, four children, seven grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.