Early Years
Lary was born in Northport, Alabama, in April 1930. He was raised with six brothers on his family's farm near Northport. His father, J. Milton "Mitt" Lary, was a semipro spitball pitcher, and five of the Lary brothers went on to play baseball for the University of Alabama. His older brother Al Lary was briefly a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, but spent most of his baseball career in the minor leagues. Lary followed his older brothers to the University of Alabama, where he had a 10-1 record in 1950 and won two more games in the College World Series. Lary dropped out of Alabama after two years to play professional baseball.
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