Larry Williams
Sign in to saveAlso known as Lawrence Richard Williams II
American football player (1963-2025)
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Larry Williams (born Lawrence E. Williams on 10 May 1935; died 7 January 7 1980) was an American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter and pianist from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is best known for writing and recording some Rock'n'Roll standards from 1957 to 1959 for Speciality Records, including "Bony Moronie", "Short Fat Fannie", "Slow Down", "Dizzy, Miss Lizzy" (1958), "Bad Boy" and "She Said Yeah" (1959). English musician John Lennon was a fan, and The Beatles (and several other "British Invas
Sports profile
- Sport
- American Football
- Nationality
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Williams
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Educated at
- University of Notre Dame
- Sport
- American football
- Member of team
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
- Position played
- guard
- Mass
- 292
- Height
- 77
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- date of birth
- 1963-07-03
- date of death
- 2025-10-16
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