Larry Conley

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Larry Conley

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| number = 40

| position = Shooting guard

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lbs = 175

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|1|22}}

| birth_place = Ashland, Kentucky

| nationality = American

| high_school = Ashland
(Ashland, Kentucky)

| college = Kentucky (1963–1966)

| draft_year = 1966

| career_start =

| career_end =

| years1 = 1967

| team1 = Kentucky Colonels

| highlights =

• First-team Parade All-American (1962)

| bbr = conlela01

}}

George Larry Conley (born January 22, 1944) is an American retired professional basketball player.

A 6'3" guard, Conley played college basketball at the University of Kentucky under coach Adolph Rupp.{{cite news |author1=Billy Thompson |title=Larry Conley...His Comeback The Greatest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98523098/larry-conleyhis-comeback-the-greatest/ |access-date=27 March 2022 |work=The Lexington Herald |date=28 March 1964 |page=7}}{{cite news |author1=Larry Boeck |title=Larry ' Like Windmill' ... A Defensive Octopus |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98522789/larry-like-windmill-a-defensive-o/ |access-date=27 March 2022 |work=The Courier-Journal |date=28 January 1964 |page=18|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}} During the 1965–66 season, Conley was a starter on a Kentucky team that also featured Tommy Kron and future Basketball Hall-of-Famers Pat Riley and Louie Dampier.{{cite news |title=Conley 'Unsung Hero' Of Unbeaten Wildcats |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98522199/conley-unsung-hero-of-unbeaten-wildcan/ |access-date=27 March 2022 |work=Messenger-Inquirer |date=26 February 1966 |page=7|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}} The Wildcats lost the championship game of that season's NCAA tournament 72–65 to Texas Western. This game was the center of the 2006 film Glory Road.

Conley played in the first Kentucky Colonels game of the American Basketball Association before committing to the army.{{cite AV media| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/bP7q7QbpLs8| archive-date = 2021-12-11| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP7q7QbpLs8#t=16m19s| title = Kentucky Outlook- Remembering the Kentucky Colonels of the ABA | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} He played 18 minutes and scored two points in his only game.{{cite book|first=David L.|last=Hudson|title=Basketball's Most Wanted™ II: The Top 10 Book of More Hotshot Hoopsters, Double Dribbles, and Roundball Oddities|chapter=They Played in One Pro Game|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PgOQ24qegdQC&dq=%22Blaine%20Denning%22%20bullets&pg=PT268|publisher=Potomac Book|year=2005|isbn=9781612340401|access-date=March 28, 2022|via=Google Books}} He currently broadcasts college basketball for Fox Sports, after previously performing the same role for ESPN, NBC, CBS, ABC, and Raycom Sports.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kentuckyliving.com/article.asp?articleid=2421&issueid=317 |title=This Months Issue - KentuckyLiving Magazine - Kentucky Living |access-date=September 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124132223/http://kentuckyliving.com/article.asp?articleid=2421&issueid=317 |archive-date=November 24, 2010 |url-status=dead }}