Bronx, N.Y. – Fordham Athletics mourns the loss of former head football coach Larry Glueck who passed away in Massachusetts on Tuesday. He was 84.
 
Glueck served as head football coach at Fordham from 1986-1993, leading the Rams to Liberty Conference titles in 1987 and 1988. The 1987 squad defeated Hofstra in an NCAA Division III playoff game, Fordham's first postseason appearance since a victory in the 1942 Sugar Bowl.
 
Glueck was at the helm of the Fordham program when the Rams became the third NCAA Division III program to make the move to the FCS (then I-AA) in 1989.
 
Prior to his time at Rose Hill, Glueck spent 13 seasons as an assistant coach at Harvard under head coach Joe Restic.
 
A graduate of Villanova University and member of the school's Varsity Club Hall of Fame, Glueck was a member of the Wildcats' 1962 Sun Bowl championship team.
 
Glueck was selected by the Chicago Bears with the 34^th overall pick in the fifth round of the 1963 NFL Draft. He played in 37 games for the Bears over the next three seasons and had one career interception during the 1963 season when the Bears were 11-1-2 and won the league championship.
 
A wake will be held Sunday September 7^th, at Chapman Funeral Home, 475 Main Street, Falmouth, MA, from 4 - 7 PM and a funeral Mass on Monday, September 8^th, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, 167 East Falmouth Hwy., East Falmouth, MA.