Houston Oilers quarterback Archie Manning (8) wrapped up by Dallas Cowboys' Larry Bethea, defensive end, in he fourth quarter of the NFL game at the Houston Astrodome, Dec. 14, 1982.

No. 27 - Larry Bethea Defensive end, 1974-77, Newport News, Va. The skinny: Nearly four decades later, Bethea remains MSU's all-time sack leader, his 33 QB sacks eight more than second-place ...

Q: What happened to hometown football hero Larry Bethea? -C.V., Hampton A: Bethea, a Newport News native, committed suicide in 1987. He was 30. An all-state football player for Ferguson High School… ...

Player Name. Years at MSU. Career Sacks. Larry Bethea. 1974-1977. 33.0. Shilique Calhoun 2011-2015. 27.0. Kenny Willekes. 2015-2019. 26.0. Julian Peterson. 1998-1999 ...

Former Dallas Cowboys standout Larry Bethea received a four-year suspended prison sentence Friday in Newport News, Va., for stealing his mother’s $64,000 life savings. Circuit Judge J. Warren ...

Larry Bethea, a first-round draft choice of the Dallas Cowboys in 1978, apparently committed suicide Thursday in Hampton, Va., police said. He was 30. Police said he shot himself in the head.

Like any mother, Verina Bethea had instincts about her son, Antoine. While the other children in the youth football leagues around Newport News, Va., might only have seen the smallest boy, the one ...