Born: | Stavely, Alberta, Canada | December 30, 1911
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Died: | March 1, 1994 Chadron, Nebraska, U.S. | (aged 82)
Career information | |
Position(s) | End |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
College | Washington St. |
Career history | |
As coach | |
1940 | Calgary Bronks |
1940s | Vancouver |
As player | |
1936–1940, 1946 | Calgary Bronks |
1941 | Vancouver Grizzlies |
Laird H. "Larry" Haynes (December 30, 1911 – March 1, 1994) was a Canadian football end who played and coached the Calgary Bronks (now known as the Calgary Stampeders). He played from 1936 to 1940, and in 1946.[1] Haynes was the head coach of the Bronks in 1940.[2] He was named All-Western in 1936, 1937, and 1938 as well as All-Canada in 1939 and 1941 (he played with the Vancouver Grizzlies in 1941).[3] In his one season as coach, he had a 4–4 record. He later coached the Vancouver Fighting Irish football and basketball teams before serving in World War II.[3][4]
Haynes was the son of American-born Lester "Slim" Haynes, who was the pitcher of the Stavely, Alberta baseball team from 1919 to 1933.[5][6] Larry Haynes later moved to United States where he farmed three miles southwest of Whitney, Nebraska. He died in Chadron, Nebraska in 1994 at the age of 82.[7][8][9]