Tom Conley (American football)

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = Tom Conley

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| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1928–1930

| player_team2 = Notre Dame

| player_positions = End

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1931–1932

| coach_team2 = La Salle

| coach_years3 = 1933–1935

| coach_team3 = Notre Dame (ends)

| coach_years4 = 1936–1942

| coach_team4 = John Carroll

| coach_sport5 = Basketball

| coach_years6 = 1931–1933

| coach_team6 = La Salle

| coach_years7 = 1936–1943

| coach_team7 = John Carroll

| overall_record = 33–34–7 (football)
86–87 (basketball)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships = 1OAC (1938)

| awards = Second-team All-American (1930)
Third-team All-American (1929)

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Thomas Conley was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. Conley played college football at the University of Notre Dame from 1928 to 1930. He was the captain of the 1930 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, which won a national championship. Conley was named a Second Team All-American as an end that year. He served as the head football coach at La Salle University from 1931 to 1932 and at John Carroll University from 1936 to 1942, compiling a career college football coaching record of 33–34–7.{{Cite web|url=http://jcusports.com/sports/2007/11/1/FB_Seasonbyseason.aspx?path=football|title = Football Season by Season}} Conley was also the head basketball coach at La Salle from 1931 to 1933 and at John Carroll from 1936 to 1943, tallying a career college basketball mark of 86–87. He worked as an assistant football coach in charge of the ends at his alma mater, Notre Dame, from 1933 to 1935. A native of Philadelphia, Conley attended Roman Catholic High School there.{{cite news |author= |title=Conley Lands Coaching Job; Notre Dame Captain to Tutor La Salle College Eleven in Home City |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19310106&id=0w9XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SEMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5286,814295&hl=en |newspaper=Reading Eagle |location=Reading, Pennsylvania |date=January 6, 1931 |page=10 |access-date=May 10, 2015 |via=Google News }}

Head coaching record

=Football=

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = La Salle Explorers

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1931

| endyear = 1932

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1931

| name = La Salle

| overall = 4–4

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1932

| name = La Salle

| overall = 4–2–2

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = La Salle

| overall = 8–6–2

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = John Carroll Blue Streaks

| conf = Ohio Athletic Conference

| startyear = 1936

| endyear = 1942

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1936

| name = John Carroll

| overall = 2–7

| conference = 1–3

| confstanding = T–14th

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1937

| name = John Carroll

| overall = 3–5

| conference = 1–2

| confstanding = T–14th

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| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1938

| name = John Carroll

| overall = 6–2–1

| conference = 4–0–1

| confstanding = 1st

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1939

| name = John Carroll

| overall = 7–1

| conference = 2–1

| confstanding = 9th

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1940

| name = John Carroll

| overall = 2–6

| conference = 0–3

| confstanding = T–17th

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1941

| name = John Carroll

| overall = 2–5–1

| conference = 1–2–1

| confstanding = 11th

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| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1942

| name = John Carroll

| overall = 3–2–3

| conference = 3–0–1

| confstanding = 2nd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = John Carroll

| overall = 25–28–5

| confrecord = 12–11–3

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 33–34–7

| bowls = no

| poll = no

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=Basketball=

{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = La Salle Explorers

| conference = Independent

| startyear = 1931

| endyear = 1933

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1931–32

| name = La Salle

| overall = 15–8

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1932–33

| name = La Salle

| overall = 13–3

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = La Salle

| overall = 28–11

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = John Carroll Blue Streaks

| conference = Ohio Athletic Conference

| startyear = 1936

| endyear = 1943

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1936–37

| name = John Carroll

| overall = 4–13

| conference = 2–8

| confstanding = 18th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1937–38

| name = John Carroll

| overall = 5–9

| conference = 3–5

| confstanding = 11th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1938–39

| name = John Carroll

| overall = 13–14

| conference = 6–4

| confstanding = T–5h

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1939–40

| name = John Carroll

| overall = 12–8

| conference = 5–4

| confstanding = T–6th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1940–41

| name = John Carroll

| overall = 8–13

| conference = 5–7

| confstanding = 11th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1941–42

| name = John Carroll

| overall = 8–10

| conference = 5–6

| confstanding = 9th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1942–43

| name = John Carroll

| overall = 8–9

| conference = 5–6

| confstanding = 10th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = John Carroll

| overall = 58–76

| confrecord = 31–40

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record End

| overall = 86–87

| legend = no

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References

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{{La Salle Explorers football coach navbox}}

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{{John Carroll Blue Streaks athletic director navbox}}

{{John Carroll Blue Streaks football coach navbox}}

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{{1929 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football navbox}}

{{1930 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football navbox}}

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