Larry Heiniemi[2] (born March 14, 1939) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Lars Anderson.

In the early '70s, after leaving Gene Anderson, he returned to the AWA and hooked up with "Pretty Boy" Larry Hennig.

In March 1975, Heiniemi announced he was retiring from the ring, and after losing his last match to England's Billy Robinson, Larry left the AWA.

However in 1977, he was back to using the Lars Anderson handle and briefly feuded with his kayfabe brothers Gene and Ole in Atlanta in 1977.

Dwayne Johnson, former wrestler and grandson of Peter Maivia, spoke of Heiniemi in his 2000 autobiography, The Rock Says.... Johnson described a scene where, as a teenager, he angrily confronted Heiniemi when he refused to drop the Polynesian Pacific Heavyweight title to Bad News Allen.