Larry Quigley

{{Short description|American football coach}}

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| name = Larry Quigley

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1891|3|17}}

| birth_place = Atchison, Kansas, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1956|6|17|1891|3|17}}

| death_place = Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| coach_years1 = 1915

| coach_team1 = Arkansas College

| coach_years2 = 1916

| coach_team2 = Little Rock

| coach_years3 = 1919–1920

| coach_team3 = Kansas Wesleyan

| coach_years4 = 1922–1927

| coach_team4 = St. Benedict's

| overall_record = 25–30–8

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Lawrence Joseph Quigley (March 17, 1891 – June 17, 1956) was an American football coach. He was the head football at coach at St. Benedict's College—now known as Benedictine College—in Atchison, Kansas. He held that position for six seasons, from 1922 until 1927. His coaching record at Benedictine was 22–20–5.{{cite web|url=http://ravenathletics.benedictine.edu/2011-football-media-guide?width=300&height=170&iframe=true&template=colorbox|publisher=Benedictine College|title=Football Media Guide|accessdate=August 31, 2011|year=2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120714034006/http://ravenathletics.benedictine.edu/2011-football-media-guide?width=300&height=170&iframe=true&template=colorbox|archivedate=July 14, 2012}}

Quigley served for one season as the head coach at Lyon College (then known as Arkansas College) in 1915.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hw6fAAAAMAAJ&q=Quigley|title=Lyon College, 1872-2002: The Perseverance and Promise of an Arkansas College|year=2003|publisher=University of Arkansas Press|first=Books|last=Blevins|access-date=January 12, 2018|isbn=9781557287427}}

During the 1916 football season, Quigley coached at Little Rock College, a Catholic school in Little Rock, Arkansas. At a time when anti-Catholic sentiment was high in Arkansas, the team faced stern challenges, notably following a win against Arkansas Tech in which irate fans harassed the team on their trip back to the train station.{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=7430|title=Little Rock College|publisher=encyclopediaofarkansas.net|access-date=January 14, 2018}}

From 1919 to 1920, Quigley served as the head coach at Kansas Wesleyan University, posting a record of 3–10–3.{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/kansaswesleyancoyotes/docs/2012kwufootballmediaguide|title=2012 Kansas Wesleyan Football Media Guide|publisher=Kansas Wesleyan University|date=August 16, 2012|access-date=January 14, 2018}}

Quigley died in 1956 in a hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas after a serious illness of a month. He was the brother of Ernest C. Quigley.{{cite news |author= |title=Larry Quigley Dies At 65 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25732538/the_atchison_daily_globe/ |newspaper=Atchison Daily Globe |location=Atchison, Kansas |date=June 18, 1956 |page=1 |access-date=November 26, 2018 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}