afldraftround draftyear finalyear birth_place debutyear afldraftpick statvalue article_title position statlabel draftround college birth_date nfl number draftpick afldraftyear
9 1962 1965 chicago , illinois 1962 71 38 1 1 larry onesti
 linebacker games played fumble recoveries touchdowns 9 northwestern university 12 november 1938 one771251 45 71 1962
larry onesti

lawrence joseph `` larry '' onesti -lrb- born november 12 , 1938 in chicago , illinois -rrb- is a former professional american football linebacker in the american football league .
he played four seasons for the houston oilers .
onesti was a three-year football letterman for the northwestern university wildcats from 1959 -- 61 , and one of the first nu football players to be named academic all-america .
he won the honor in 1961 , following his senior season .
as a captain for the 1961 squad , onesti also was named all-america , all - big ten , and academic all-big ten .
he is one of only three nu football players to be named both all-america and academic all-america in the same season .
he participated in the 1961 north-south all-star game , the 1962 coaches ' all-america game and the1962 coaches ' all-america game and the 1962 college all-star game .
onesti was a ninth round draft pick of the houston oilers in 1962 and played four seasons in the afl .
