Larry Conover

Larry Conover
Born: (1894-05-21)May 21, 1894
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Died: August 4, 1945(1945-08-04) (aged 51)
Atlantic City, New Jersey
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) was a professional American football player who played during the early years of the National Football League (NFL). After attending high school in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Conover attended Penn State University, where he served as the team's captain in 1917.[1] Conover was the head basketball coach at Clemson for the 1920–21 season.[2]

Nicknamed "The Atlantic City Airedale", Conovar made his professional debut in the NFL in 1921 with the Canton Bulldogs. Conover played in the league for four 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.[3] In 1924, the Maroons won the Anthracite League championship. The following year, the Maroons joined the NFL.

Conover later served as a line coach coach at the University of Georgia and as an assistant football coach his alma mater, Penn State, from 1926 to 1932. He died on August 4, 1945, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, from a heart attack after attempting to revive a drowned swimmer.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "PENN STATE IS AT WORK.; Football Prospects Are BrightMany Veterans to Return". The New York Times. September 7, 1919.
  2. ↑ Bourret, Tim; Philip Sikes. "Former Head Coaches" (PDF). Clemson 2010-11 Tiger Basketball Media Guide. p. 152. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 18, 2010. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Heart Attack Fatal—Larry Conover Dies in Trying To Save a Life". Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. United Press International. August 5, 1945. p. 24. Retrieved June 27, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
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