Larry Canada
Lawrence L. Canada
Born: December 16, 1954
Chicago, IL USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 233
College: Wisconsin
High School: Austin (Chicago, IL)
Career: 1978-1985
Larry Canada played from 1978 to 1985 during his career with the Chicago Blitz, Denver Broncos, Denver Gold and San Antonio Gunslingers. Canada ran for 2,333 yards in his career on 501 attempts, scoring 16 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 119 passes for 842 yards and 3 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | NFL Denver Broncos | 79 | 365 | 4.6 | 47 | 3 |
| 1979 | NFL Denver Broncos | 36 | 143 | 4.0 | 17 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL Denver Broncos | 33 | 113 | 3.4 | 11 | 3 |
| 1983 | USFL Denver Gold | 142 | 631 | 4.4 | 24t | 3 |
| 1984 | USFL Chicago Blitz | 169 | 915 | 5.4 | 48 | 7 |
| 1985 | USFL San Antonio Gunslingers | 42 | 166 | 4.0 | 23 | 0 |
| NFL | 148 | 621 | 4.2 | 47 | 6 | |
| USFL | 353 | 1712 | 4.8 | 48 | 10 | |
| Totals | 501 | 2333 | 4.7 | 48 | 16 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | NFL Denver Broncos | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 12 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL Denver Broncos | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL Denver Broncos | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 20 | 1 |
| 1983 | USFL Denver Gold | 42 | 242 | 5.8 | 24 | 0 |
| 1984 | USFL Chicago Blitz | 48 | 358 | 7.5 | 35 | 2 |
| 1985 | USFL San Antonio Gunslingers | 17 | 132 | 7.8 | 22 | 0 |
| NFL | 12 | 110 | 9.2 | 20 | 1 | |
| USFL | 107 | 732 | 6.8 | 35 | 2 | |
| Totals | 119 | 842 | 7.1 | 35 | 3 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL Denver Broncos | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 18 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL Denver Broncos | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 13 | 0 |
| NFL | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Totals | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 18 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | NFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1979 | NFL Denver Broncos | 2 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1981 | NFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NFL | 0 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1978 | NFL Denver Broncos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1981 | NFL Denver Broncos | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| 1983 | USFL Denver Gold | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | ||
| 1984 | USFL Chicago Blitz | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| NFL | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |
| USFL | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 76 | |
| Totals | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 118 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 16 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 16 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 16 | 0 |
| 1983 | USFL | Denver Gold | 18 | 11 |
| 1984 | USFL | Chicago Blitz | 18 | 18 |
| 1985 | USFL | San Antonio Gunslingers |
