Laraway played college football at Purdue University and was drafted into the National Football League by the Detroit Lions in the 1959 NFL draft in the tenth round and as the 112th pick overall.
Injured in a 1960 preseason game with the Detroit Lions, he played the 1960 season for the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League, starting 10 games at Left Outside Linebacker.
In 1963, Laraway scored the first points in New York Jets team history with a sack of Buffalo Bills QB Jack Kemp for a 2-point safety.
Laraway was the physical education instructor and head football coach for the Lee Burneson Junior High School during the 1975 school year in Westlake, Ohio.
Jack Laraway was the defensive coordinator for Rocky River High School football team from 1983 to 1985.