Who is Larry Hanson from Deal Breaker and what is their importance?

Larry Hanson is the general manager of the Titans football organization. Hanson is an ex-football star who retired after a successful NFL career. Hanson is a large, powerful man who is somewhere in his fifties. Myron notices that Hanson is in very good shape for an ex-athlete and that Hanson "hadn't gone to flab" (pg. 303.)