Larry Thomas Hand (born July 10, 1940) is a former American Football defensive tackle who played for the Detroit Lions in a thirteen-year career that lasted from 1965 to 1977 in the National Football League.Hand played college football at Appalachian State University, where he was a two-time NAIA All-American and was drafted in the tenth round of the 1964 NFL Draft by the Lions as a future selection (future selections could be used on players that had a year of college eligibility remaining but their class had graduated).Hand is currently employed by Wachovia Securities and resides in the Winston-Salem area with his wife, Darlene.