Larry Conover

Larry Conover
Date of birth (1894-05-21)May 21, 1894
Place of birth Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Date of death August 4, 1945(1945-08-04) (aged 51)
Career information
Position(s) Center
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg)
College Penn State
Career history
As player
1921–1923 Canton Bulldogs
1924 Pottsville Maroons
1925 Cleveland Bulldogs
1926 Frankford Yellow Jackets
Career highlights and awards
  • Canton Daily News: 1st team all-NFL (1923)
  • GB Press-Gazette: 2nd team all-NFL (1923)
  • Anthracite League champion (1924)
Career stats

Larner Somers Gardner Conover (May 21, 1894 – August 4, 1945)[1] was a professional football player who played during the early years of the National Football League. After attending high school in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Conover attended Penn State University, where he served as the team's captain in 1917.[2] Conover was the head basketball coach at Clemson for the 1921 season.[3]

Nicknamed "The Atlantic City Airedale", Conovar made his professional debut in the National Football League in 1921 with the Canton Bulldogs. Conover played in the league for 4 years, playing for the Cleveland Bulldogs, Frankford Yellow Jackets and Canton. In 1922, Conover signed on to play with the then-independent, Pottsville Maroons. There he helped the Maroons become the top team in the Pennsylvania coal region.[4] In 1924, Larry helped the Maroons win the Anthracite League championship.[5] The following year, the Maroons joined the NFL.

Notes

  1. http://www.oldestlivingprofootball.com/19491940necrology.htm
  2. "PENN STATE IS AT WORK.; Football Prospects Are BrightMany Veterans to Return". The New York Times. 7 September 1919.
  3. Bourret, Tim; Philip Sikes. "Former Head Coaches" (PDF). Clemson 2010-11 Tiger Basketball Media Guide. p. 152. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-18. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
  5. http://home.comcast.net/~ghostsofthegridiron/Maroons_Atlantic-City_1924.htm
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