IU Mourns Loss of Larry Highbaugh
3/22/2017 5:26:00 PM | Football, Track and Field
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Former Indiana football and track and field star Larry Highbaugh passed away Tuesday evening after complications from surgery earlier in the day. Highbaugh was 67.
A defensive back, Highbaugh was a member of the 1967 Big Ten championship team that faced Southern California in the 1968 Rose Bowl.
He played briefly with the Dallas Cowboys and spent 13 years in the Canadian Football League (CFL). Highbaugh was inducted into the CFL Hall of Fame in 2004.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Highbaugh family," IU head football coach Tom Allen said. "Larry was a tremendous player and an incredible athlete. The IU Football family is deeply saddened by his loss."
Highbaugh was a two-time All-American in the 440-yard relay and finished third at the NCAA Championships in both 1970 and 1971. He claimed six Big Ten titles, including the 100-yard dash (1968), the 220-yard dash (1968), the long jump (1969) and the 440-yard relay (1969, '70 and '71).
A four-year letterwinner (1968-71), Highbaugh holds the second fastest 100-yard dash time (9.3 seconds) in program history, set at the 1969 Drake Relays.
A defensive back, Highbaugh was a member of the 1967 Big Ten championship team that faced Southern California in the 1968 Rose Bowl.
He played briefly with the Dallas Cowboys and spent 13 years in the Canadian Football League (CFL). Highbaugh was inducted into the CFL Hall of Fame in 2004.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Highbaugh family," IU head football coach Tom Allen said. "Larry was a tremendous player and an incredible athlete. The IU Football family is deeply saddened by his loss."
Highbaugh was a two-time All-American in the 440-yard relay and finished third at the NCAA Championships in both 1970 and 1971. He claimed six Big Ten titles, including the 100-yard dash (1968), the 220-yard dash (1968), the long jump (1969) and the 440-yard relay (1969, '70 and '71).
A four-year letterwinner (1968-71), Highbaugh holds the second fastest 100-yard dash time (9.3 seconds) in program history, set at the 1969 Drake Relays.
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