Lawrence Tessier

Larry Tessier was one of the starting five on the 1947 Minnesota State High School Basketball Championship team from Denfeld. He was all-state in football, leading the Hunters to the city championship, and all-state in baseball, leading the team to the state tournament.

In 1944, he was a Golden Gloves boxing champion.

Tessier played pro baseball in the Detroit Tigers organization and hit two grand slam home runs in one game … both on a 3-2 count with two out.

He continued to give back to the community when he and his wife Connie established the annual Tessier-Waltman softball tournament, which lasted 35 years. He also established a Tessier-Waltman scholarship at Denfeld for girls softball players.

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