Lars Tate

Lars Tate runs the football during a Georgia Bulldogs game.

Former Georgia Bulldogs and NFL running back Lars Tate has died in St. Petersburg, Fla., the Georgia athletic department announced Tuesday. He was 56.

Tate was diagnosed with Stage 3 throat cancer a month ago, according to an Athens Banner-Herald report.

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