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Also known as Lawrence Godfrey Burton

American football player and sprinter (born 1951)

Person · Open Library

Works
2

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1943-01-23

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
163
Total plays
828

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Larry Burton Larry's blues are as real as you can get. He was born in Coldwater, Mississippi in 1951, lived briefly in Memphis before coming to Chicago in 1956, where he grew up on the West Side and listened to Big Bill Hill's pioneering blues radio show. He started playing bass, then guitar with a group of high school buddies that included Tony Llorens, later the producer of several Albert King album; in fact, everybody in the group wound up working with Albert at one time or another. <a h

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Sports profile

Sport
American Football
Team
_Retired American Football
Nationality
United States

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Burton
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Occupation
sprinter
Participant in
1972 Summer Olympics
Position played
wide receiver
Country for sport
United States
Image
Larry Burton 1972.jpg
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date of birth
1951-12-15
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