Professional Basketball Player, College Basketball Coach. For seven seasons (1955 to 1962), he played at the guard and center positions in the National Basketball Association with the Syracuse Nationals, Detroit Pistons and Philadelphia Warriors. Born Edward James Conlin, his association with the sport can be traced back to his high school years at St. Michael's in Brooklyn. He continued his athletics at Fordham University and while with the Rams, he was a contributor to their first NCAA Tournament berth in 1952-1953. Individually, he distinguished himself as a two-time recipient of the Haggerty Award for top collegiate player in the New York Metropolitan-area (1955 and 1955). Additionally, he earned All-American status twice and was Fordham's first player to achieve All-American honors. Conlin concluded his collegiate career as the school's leader in both points; to date he remains atop of those statistics. Selected by Syracuse as the fifth overall pick of the 1955 NBA Draft, he appeared in 486 career regular season games and totaled 4,891 points with 2,349 rebounds. A footnote to his career, Conlin was in the Philadelphia Warriors' lineup when Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a game against the New York Knicks on March 2nd, 1962. After retiring as a player, he returned to Fordham to serve as an assistant under Johnny Bach. He succeeded Bach as head coach (1968 to 1970) and guided his team to a 17 win 9 loss record during the 1968-1969 season. He was inducted into the Fordham Athletic Hall of Fame in 1973 and his uniform number 11 was retired by the school in 2004. He died of complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Professional Basketball Player, College Basketball Coach. For seven seasons (1955 to 1962), he played at the guard and center positions in the National Basketball Association with the Syracuse Nationals, Detroit Pistons and Philadelphia Warriors. Born Edward James Conlin, his association with the sport can be traced back to his high school years at St. Michael's in Brooklyn. He continued his athletics at Fordham University and while with the Rams, he was a contributor to their first NCAA Tournament berth in 1952-1953. Individually, he distinguished himself as a two-time recipient of the Haggerty Award for top collegiate player in the New York Metropolitan-area (1955 and 1955). Additionally, he earned All-American status twice and was Fordham's first player to achieve All-American honors. Conlin concluded his collegiate career as the school's leader in both points; to date he remains atop of those statistics. Selected by Syracuse as the fifth overall pick of the 1955 NBA Draft, he appeared in 486 career regular season games and totaled 4,891 points with 2,349 rebounds. A footnote to his career, Conlin was in the Philadelphia Warriors' lineup when Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a game against the New York Knicks on March 2nd, 1962. After retiring as a player, he returned to Fordham to serve as an assistant under Johnny Bach. He succeeded Bach as head coach (1968 to 1970) and guided his team to a 17 win 9 loss record during the 1968-1969 season. He was inducted into the Fordham Athletic Hall of Fame in 1973 and his uniform number 11 was retired by the school in 2004. He died of complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Bio by: C.S.
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