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{{short description|American basketball player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{refimprove|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox NBA biography
| name         = Larry Hennessy
| image        = 
| width        =
| caption      =
| height_ft    = 6
| height_in    = 3
| weight_lb    = 185
| birth_date   = {{birth date|1929|05|20}}
| birth_place  = [[New Rochelle, New York]], U.S.
| death_date   = {{death date and age|2008|08|20|1929|05|20}}
| death_place  = [[Williamsburg, Virginia]], U.S.
| high_school  = [[Blessed Sacrament-St. Gabriel High School|Blessed Sacrament]]<br>(New Rochelle, New York)
| college      = [[Villanova Wildcats men's basketball|Villanova]] (1950–1953)
| draft_year   = 1953
| draft_pick   = [[NBA territorial pick|territorial pick]]<ref name=bradley>{{cite book|last=Bradley|first=Robert D.|title=The basketball draft fact book: A history of professional basketball's college drafts|date=2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press ([[Rowman & Littlefield]])|location=[[Lanham, Maryland]]|isbn=978-0-8108-9069-5|page=30|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0810890690|edition=E-book}}</ref> 
| draft_team   = [[Philadelphia Warriors]]
| career_start = 1955
| career_end   = 1962
| career_number = 4, 15
| career_position = [[Shooting guard]]
| coach_start     = 1966
| coach_end       = 1967
| years1          = {{nbay|1955|full=y}}
| team1           = [[Philadelphia Warriors]]
| years2          = {{nbay|1956|start}}
| team2           = [[Syracuse Nationals]]
| years3          = 1957–1959
| team3           = [[Wilkes-Barre Barons]]
| years4          = 1959–1960
| team4           = [[Allentown Jets]]
| years5          = 1960–1961
| team5           = Wilkes-Barre Barons
| years6          = 1961–1962
| team6           = [[Scranton Miners]]
| cyears1         = 1966–1967
| cteam1          = [[Asbury Park Boardwalkers]]
| highlights   = 
* [[NBA champion]] ([[1956 NBA Finals|1956]])
* 2× [[CBA champion|EPBL champion]] (1958, 1959)
* [[Continental Basketball Association MVP Award|EPBL Most Valuable Player]] (1958)
* All-[[Eastern Professional Basketball League|EPBL]] First Team (1958)
* All-EPBL Second Team (1957)
* Third-team [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] – [[Associated Press|AP]], [[United Press International|UPI]] ([[1953 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1953]])
|stats_league=NBA
| stat1label      = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1value      = 331
| stat2label      = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]]
| stat2value      = 94
| stat3label      = [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]]
| stat3value      = 73
}}

'''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 Wildcats basketball|Villanova]] University.  An excellent passer and rebounder, Hennessy finished his collegiate career with 1737 points.  He was named to the 1951–52 [[wiktionary:sophomore|sophomore]] [[All-America]] first team.

Hennessy played professionally in the  [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] for the [[Philadelphia Warriors]] in [[1955–56 NBA season|1955–56]], and for the [[Syracuse Nationals]] in [[1956–57 NBA season|1956–57]].

Hennessy played in the [[Eastern Professional Basketball League]] (EPBL) for the [[Wilkes-Barre Barons]], [[Allentown Jets]] and [[Scranton Miners]] from 1956 to 1962.<ref name=sc>{{cite web |title=Larry Hennessey minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-hennelar001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 15, 2025}}</ref> He won [[CBA champion|EPBL championships]] with the Barons in 1958<ref>{{cite web |title=1957-58 Wilkes-Barre Barons Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBAPAB/y-1957 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 5, 2025}}</ref> and 1959.<ref>{{cite web |title=1958-59 Wilkes-Barre Barons Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBAPAB/y-1958 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 5, 2025}}</ref> Hennessy was selected as the [[Continental Basketball Association MVP Award|EPBL Most Valuable Player]] and as a member of the All-EPBL First Team in 1958 and to the Second Team in 1957.<ref name=sc/> Hennessy served as head coach of the [[Asbury Park Boardwalkers]] during the 1966–67 season and accumulated a 2–17 record.<ref>{{cite web |title=Larry Hennessey minor league basketball coaching records |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/c-hennelar001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 15, 2025}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{NBA player statistics legend|champion=y}}

===NBA===
Source<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hennela01.html|title=Larry Hennessy NBA stats|website=[[Basketball Reference]]|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=18 October 2023}}</ref>

====Regular season====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
|-
! Year
! Team
! GP
! MPG
! FG%
! FT%
! RPG
! APG
! PPG
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| {{nbay|1955}}†
|style="text-align:left;"| [[1955–56 Philadelphia Warriors season|Philadelphia]]
| '''53''' || 8.4 || '''.344''' || '''.813''' || .9 || .9 || 3.7
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1956}}
|style="text-align:left;"| [[1956–57 Philadelphia Warriors season|Philadelphia]]
| 2 || 12.5 || .286 || &ndash; || .5 || '''1.5''' || 2.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1956|nolink=y}}
|style="text-align:left;"| [[1956–57 Syracuse Nationals season|Syracuse]]
| 19 || '''18.3''' || .321 || .719 || '''2.3''' || 1.3 || '''6.9'''
|- class="sortbottom"
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
| 74 || 11.0 || .334 || .766 || 1.3 || 1.0 || 4.5
|}

====Playoffs====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
|-
! Year
! Team
! GP
! MPG
! FG%
! FT%
! RPG
! APG
! PPG
|-
|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[1956 NBA playoffs|1956]]†
|style="text-align:left;"| [[1955–56 Philadelphia Warriors season|Philadelphia]]
| 3 || 3.7 || .000 || &ndash; || .3 || .7 || .0
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Philadelphia Warriors 1955–56 NBA champions}}
{{1953 NBA draft}}
{{Continental Basketball Association}}

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