Larry Lohneiss

Lawrence William Lohneiss, Jr.


Born:
January 1, 1930
Middletown, CT

Died:
September 27, 1988
Middletown, CT


Career
1945-46 Middletown High School - Connecticut (High School)
1946-47 Middletown High School - Connecticut (High School)
1947-48 Middletown High School - Connecticut (High School)
1951-52 Middletown Guards (ABL)

Lohneiss was a local sports legend in Middletown, playing football, baseball and basketball in high school before playing semi-pro football and basketball around Connecticut. Born to Lawrence and Elsie Lohneiss, Larry would play with the Middletown Guards in the ABL when the Carbondale franchise was transferred there in the 1951-52 season. He would work for 12 years in the Middletown Police Department and later was a business manager for Local 611 of the International Union of North America in Hartford.

Larry married Angelina Napolitano and the had three sons and four daughters.

Source:
Hartford Courant, September 29, 1988

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