Lawrence "Larry" Gordon (1994) - Rutgers Athletics Hall of Fame

Lawrence "Larry" Gordon

Induction:
1994
Class:
1954

Larry Gordon scored 1,213 points in a three-year period, which places him 20th on the all-time list. When he graduated from Rutgers, Gordon was second on the all-time list. Gordon's 19.0 points-per-game scoring average is still the fifth highest all-time, his 321 converted free throws are ninth all-time and his 534 free throw attempts is sixth best all-time. A veteran of the U.S. Army, Gordon became a top executive in the international petroleum research area at Shell Oil Company, where he was employed from 1956-1991. A native of Elizabeth, N.J., he was an All-State selection at Thomas Jefferson (now Elizabeth) High School before becoming a Scarlet Knight.