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Csonka was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987 and his #39 was retired by the Miami Dolphins in 2002. He is one of 11 Dolphins ( Jim Langer, Bob Griese, Paul Warfield, Larry Little, Dwight Stephenson, Nick Buoniconti, Jason Taylor, Dan Marino, Don Shula and Zach Thomas ) in the Hall of Fame.
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Feb 22, 1979: FB Larry Csonka, 32, re-signed with @MiamiDolphins as a free agent after four-year absence in the World Football League (1975) and with the NFL’s New York Giants (1976-78). Scored 13 TDs and named NFL Comeback Player of the Year.
Jun 24, 2019 · Larry Csonska is fulfilling his childhood dream of living in Alaska after ending a football career that included two Super Bowl titles, a key role on the only perfect team in NFL history, and a bust in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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- December 25, 1946
Csonka began his football career at Stow High School as the starting fullback on the 1963 Stow Bulldogs squad that won the Metropolitan League of the Akron, Ohio, area championship under coach Dick Fortner.
After moving to the short-lived World Football League in 1975, Csonka returned to the NFL to play for the New York Giants from 1976 to 1978 before finishing his career with the Dolphins in 1979. Csonka was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987.
Larry Csonka, a classic 6-3, 235-pound line-smashing fullback, provided the major rushing thrust in the Miami Dolphins' vaunted ball-control offense when the team was dominating the National Football League in the early 1970s.
