Emery Ellsworth "Swede" Larson (November 10, 1898 – November 7, 1945) was an American college football coach and United States Marine Corps colonel."Marine Corps Schools" basketball program, Quantico, Virginia, 1955-56. He was the 23rd head football coach at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, serving for three seasons, from 1939 to 1941, and compiling a record of 16–8–3.Navy Midshipmen football coaching records Larson died on November 7, 1945, in Atlanta, Georgia.Swede Larson's obituary He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Larson Gymnasium, a 2,000 seat basketball facility that opened in December 1953 on Marine Corps Base Quantico, was named after him.
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