Dakota Datebook: North Dakota's first pro football player

North Dakota has produced a number of outstanding professional athletes. One of the very first to claim North Dakota as home was Lawrence (Larry) J. Steinbach.

Larry Steinbach was born and raised on a farm near New Rockford, in Eddy County, N.D. One of 11 children in the Steinbach family, Larry was a tough kid who loved to play football. At the "old age" of 22, he enrolled in high school at New Ro...