⁍ Larry Wilson was selected to eight Pro Bowls and earned five first-team All-Pro honors during his 13 seasons.
⁍ He later oversaw the franchise relocation from St. Louis to Arizona for the 1988 season.
⁍ Wilson was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1978 and named to the NFL’s 100th anniversary team in 2019.
– Pro Football Hall of Fame safety and Arizona Cardinals executive Larry Wilson died Thursday at the age of 82, the team announced. Wilson was selected to eight Pro Bowls and earned five first-team All-Pro honors during his 13 seasons (1960-72) for the then-St. Louis Cardinals. He later oversaw the franchise relocation from St. Louis to Arizona for the 1988 season when he was both vice president and general manager of the team. “Besides my father, Larry Wilson was the most influential male figure in my life,” Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill said in a statement. “He was someone who truly lived his faith and demonstrated it daily in the kindness he showed every single person he met. Any of us lucky enough to be in his orbit—whether that was for a few minutes or four decades—was always better off from the experience.” Wilson was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1978 and named to the NFL’s 100th anniversary team in 2019.
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