Larry Eisenhauer

American football player (1940–2020)

American football player

Larry Eisenhauer

No. 72

Position:

Defensive end

Personal information

Born:

(1940-02-22)February 22, 1940
Hicksville, New York, U.S.

Died:

January 29, 2020(2020-01-29) (aged 79)
Jupiter, Florida, U.S.

Height:

6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)

Weight:

250 lb (113 kg)

Career information

High school:

Chaminade (Mineola, New York)

College:

Boston College

AFL draft:

1961 / Round: 6 / Pick: 42

Career history

Boston Patriots (1961–1969)

Career highlights and awards

4× AFL All-Star (1962, 1963, 1964, 1966)
2× AFL sacks leader (1963, 1965)
Boston Patriots All-1960s Team
New England Patriots 35th Anniversary Team

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	115

Player stats at PFR

Lawrence Conway Eisenhauer (February 22, 1940 – January 29, 2020) was an American professional football player who was a defensive end for the Boston Patriots of the American Football League (AFL). A graduate of Chaminade High School in Mineola, New York, he was a college football standout for the Boston College Eagles and was one of several Boston-area athletes to join the Patriots. He was nicknamed "Wildman" by his Patriot teammates because of his unpredictable antics, such as running out onto Kansas City's snow-covered Municipal Stadium field clad in only his helmet and athletic supporter, hitting his head on metal locker doors or ramming his forearms through locker room walls to motivate himself. Eisenhauer was an AFL All-Star in 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1966, and is a member of the Patriots All-1960s (AFL) Team.

Eisenhauer is in the Boston College Athletic Hall of Fame.

He died on January 29, 2020, aged 79.^[1]

References

^ Williams, Charean (January 29, 2020). "Former Patriots defensive end Larry Eisenhauer dies at 79". ProFootballTalk. Retrieved February 6, 2020.

Boston Patriots All-1960s Team

Offense: Parilli (QB); Nance (RB); Garron (RB); Colclough (WR); Graham (WR); Whalen (TE); Long (T); Neville (T); Neighbors (G); St. Jean (G); Morris (C)

Defense: Dee (DE); Eisenhauer (DE); Antwine (DT); Hunt (DT); Addison (OLB); Philpott (OLB); Buoniconti (MLB); Shonta (CB); Johnson (CB); Webb (S); Hall (S)

Special Teams: Garron (Ret.); Cappelletti (PK); Yewcic (P); Webb (ST)

Coach: Holovak

v t e Boston Patriots 1961 AFL draft selections
Tommy Mason Rip Hawkins Dan LaRose Mike Zeno Fran Tarkenton Larry Eisenhauer Paul Terhes Charlie Long Roland Lakes Dick Mueller Mel West Wayne Harris Dan Underwood Jim Wright George Balthazar Ray Ratkowski Tom Rogers Joe Bellino Clarence Childs Don Oakes Bob Johnson Darrel DeDecker Don Webb Bob Minihane Charley Granger Terry Huxhold Bryant Harvard Ernie McMillan George Hultz

Boston Patriots 1961 AFL draft selections

Tommy Mason
Rip Hawkins
Dan LaRose
Mike Zeno
Fran Tarkenton
Larry Eisenhauer
Paul Terhes
Charlie Long
Roland Lakes
Dick Mueller
Mel West
Wayne Harris
Dan Underwood
Jim Wright
George Balthazar
Ray Ratkowski
Tom Rogers
Joe Bellino
Clarence Childs
Don Oakes
Bob Johnson
Darrel DeDecker
Don Webb
Bob Minihane
Charley Granger
Terry Huxhold
Bryant Harvard
Ernie McMillan
George Hultz

v t e AFL annual sacks leaders
1960: Branch & Morris 1961: Husmann & Nery 1962: Husmann 1963: Eisenhauer 1964: Sestak 1965: Eisenhauer 1966: Biggs 1967: Lassiter 1968: Philbin 1969: DeLong
Stats retroactively counted - American Football League merged with National Football League after 1969

v t e New England Patriots 35th Anniversary Team (1994)
Offense Grogan (QB) Nance (RB) Cunningham (RB) Morgan (WR) Cappelletti (WR) Francis (TE) Armstrong (T) Neville (T) Hannah (G) S. Adams (G) Morris (C) Defense J. Adams (DE) Eisenhauer (DE) Antwine (DT) J. Hunt (DT) Tippett (LB) Buoniconti (LB) Nelson (LB) S. Hunt (LB) Haynes (CB) Clayborn (CB) Marion (S) Hall (S) Special Teams Cappelletti (PK) Camarillo (P) Tatupu (ST)