Larry Hennessy

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Larry Hennessy
Personal information
Born	(1929-05-20)May 20, 1929 New Rochelle, New York
Died	August 20, 2008(2008-08-20) (aged 79) Williamsburg, Virginia
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	Blessed Sacrament (New Rochelle, New York)
College	Villanova (1950–1953)
NBA draft	1953 / Pick: Territorial^[1]
Selected by the Philadelphia Warriors
Playing career	1955–1961
Position	Shooting guard
Number	4, 15
Career history
1955–1956	Philadelphia Warriors
1956	Syracuse Nationals
1957–1959	Wilkes-Barre Barons
1959–1960	Allentown Jets
1960–1961	Wilkes-Barre Barons

Career highlights and awards
NBA champion (1956) EBA Most Valuable Player (1958) Third-team All-American – AP, UPI (1953)

Career NBA statistics
Points	331
Rebounds	94
Assists	73

Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Larry Hennessy (May 20, 1929 – August 20, 2008) was an American basketball player.

Hennessy, a 6' 4" forward out of Blessed Sacrament High School in New Rochelle, New York, played college basketball for Villanova University. An excellent passer and rebounder, Hennessy finished his collegiate career with 1737 points. He was named to the 1951–52 sophomore All-America first team.

Hennessy played professionally in the NBA for the Philadelphia Warriors in 1955–56, and for the Syracuse Nationals in 1956–57.

References[]

^ Bradley, Robert D. (2013). The basketball draft fact book: A history of professional basketball's college drafts (E-book ed.). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press (Rowman & Littlefield). p. 30. ISBN 978-0-8108-9069-5.

v t Philadelphia Warriors 1955–56 NBA champions
4 Hennessy 5 Dempsey 6 Johnston 7 Beck 9 Graboski 11 Arizin 12 Davis 14 Moore 15 Gola 17 George
Head coach: Senesky
Regular season Playoffs

v t 1953 NBA draft
Territorial pick	Ernie Beck Walter Dukes Larry Hennessy
First round	Ray Felix Bob Houbregs Jack Molinas Richie Regan Frank Ramsey Jim Neal Jim Fritsche
Second round	Don Ackerman Bobby Speight George Glasgow Norm Swanson Chet Noe Dick Knostman Ron Feiereisel

v t Continental Basketball Association
Founded on April 23, 1946 Formerly the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League (1946–48), Eastern Professional Basketball League (1948–1970), and the Eastern Basketball Association (1970–78) Ceased operations on June 1, 2009
Commissioners	William Morgan (1946–1955) Harry Rudolph (1955–1970) William Montzman (1970–1975) Steve A. Kauffman (1975–1978) Jim Drucker (1978–1986) Carl Scheer (1986–1987) Mike Storen (1987–1988) Jay Ramsdell (1988–1989) Jerry Schemmel (1989–1990) (1990–1991) Terdema Ussery (1991–1993) Mark Lamping (1993–1994) Tom Valdiserri (1994–1996) Steve Patterson (1996–1998) Gary Hunter (1998–1999) Isiah Thomas (1999–2000) Don Welsh (2000–2001) Gary Hunter (2001–2006) Jim Coyne (2007) Dennis Truax (2007–2009)
Player of the Year (formerly Most Valuable Player)	(1950) Rullo (1951) Crossin (1952) McCloskey (1953, 1954) White (1955) Molinas (1956) Lear (1957) Hennessy (1958) Spivey (1959) Arceneaux (1960) Ellis (1961) (1962) Arizin (1963) A. Johnson (1964) W. Simon (1965) McCoy (1966) Murrell (1967) Wilburn (1968) (1969) (1970) Somerset (1971) Wingo (1972) E. Johnson (1973) Wilburn (1974) Baskerville (1975) Criss (1976, 1977) McCracken (1978) McCarter (1979) R. Davis (1980) W. Smith (1981) Valentine (1982) R. Smith (1983) Crompton (1984) Hayes (1985) Young (1986) Binion (1987) Brooks (1988) Bowie (1989) Askew (1990, 1991) Mitchell (1992) Strong (1993) Grandison (1994) Recasner (1995) S. Jones (1996) Boney (1997) King (1998) Griffin (1999) McInnis (2000) M. Simon (2002) Panko (2003) J. Davis (2004) Clancy Jr. (2005) Young (2007) (2008)
Newcomer of the Year	R. Davis (1978) McCarter (1979) B. Davis (1980) Russell (1981) Branson (1982) M. Davis (1983) Lingenfelter (1984) Collins (1985) Drew (1986) E. Johnson (1987) Allen (1988) Campbell (1989) Ferrell (1990) King (1991) Brundy (1992) Strong (1993) Monroe (1994) Bragg (1995) Nickerson (1996) Tucker (1997) McInnis (1998) D. Jones (1999) C. Smith (2000) Simon (2002) Cantrell (2003) Davis (2004) B. Thomas (2005) J. Thomas (2006) (2007) Jackson (2008)
Coach of the Year	(1977) (1978) M. Panaggio (1979) Klucas (1980) Karl (1981) Russell (1982) Karl (1983) Brown (1984) Jackson (1985) M. Panaggio (1986) Musselman (1987, 1988) Bibby (1989) (1989) Saunders (1990) Karl (1991) Reid (1992) (1992) M. Panaggio (1993) Duncan (1994) McHone (1995) Suhr (1996) McHone (1997) (1998) (1999) (2000) Joerger (2002) (2003) Joerger (2004) (2005) Woolpert (2007, 2008)
Rookie of the Year	(1958) McCoy (1959) (1960) Gunther (1961) (1962) (1963) Rohloff (1964) (1965) Love (1966) Wilburn (1967) Carlos (1968) (1969) Mast (1970) (1971) (1972) (1973) Bell (1974) Perry (1975) & Luckett (1976) M. Jones (1977) (1978) Bates (1979) E. Jones (1980) L. Johnson (1981) Spriggs (1982) Sanders (1983) G. Jones (1984) Turner (1985) Adams (1986) Rowan (1987) Waller (1988) Queenan (1989) Lett (1990) Thompson (1991) Kennedy (1992) Madkins (1993) Ford (1994) Warren (1995) Jackson (1996) Hopkins & Sasser (1997) Sims (1998) Hendrix (1999) Thomas (2000) (2002) McElroy (2003) Bailey (2004) Butler (2005) Powell (2006) Garrison (2007) (2008)
Defensive Player of the Year	C. Smith (1991) Mitchell (1992) Bardo (1993, 1994) Bell (1995) Davis (1996) Beck (1997) McDonald (1998) (1999) Baston (2000) (2002) (2003) (2004) Clancy Jr. (2005) Felix (2006) Moon (2007) Phillips (2008)
Seasons All-Star Games Champions Award winners and successful alumni Statistical leaders