Zuehl Conoly
William Zuehl "Bud" Conoly was an American professional football player who was a guard for one season in the National Football League with the Chicago Cardinals. Prior to that he played college football for the Southwestern Pirates and Texas Longhorns.
Early life
Conoly played high school football at Corpus Christi High where he helped them to the 1938 State Championship and was an all-star tackle in 1939.College career
Conoly played college football at Texas in 1941 and 1942, where he was a tackle. In 1941, the team went 8-1-1, spent two weeks ranked #1 and finished the season ranked #4. The next year Conoly deferred his enlistment in the Navy and the Longhorns won both the Southwest Conference Championship and the Cotton Bowl and finished ranked 11th.In 1943, as part of his military service, he was transferred to Southwestern University where he played for the Pirates football team despite having used all of his eligibility at Texas. With other stars from Texas, like Spot Collins and Harold Fischer, he helped the 1943 [Southwestern Pirates football team|team] to a 10-1-1 record, the only ranking in school history and to a victory in the Sun Bowl. For his efforts he was an AP All-American Honorable Mention that year.