Hall of Fame
Herb Conyers
Mules Basketball, 1938-42
Conyers was a four-year basketball player for the Mules from 1938-42. He was the second-leading scorer on the Mules' MIAA championship team of 1941-42 and earned first-team all-MIAA recognition. Born in Cowgill, he also played football two years and competed in track one year during his Central Missouri career. He left Central Missouri to play professional baseball in 1942, then enlisted in the Army Air Corps after World War II began. He served three years and flew 56 bomber missions in the Pacific. He resumed his baseball career after his military duty and led four different minor leagues in batting. In 1949 he was the MVP of the Texas League with Oklahoma City, where he hit .355. He had a brief trial in the major leagues with Cleveland in 1950. He came back to Central Missouri and completed work on his bachelor's degree in 1951 and later earned a master's degree. He was a teacher and coach at Collinwood (Ohio) High School for 12 years before he died of cancer in 1964 at the age of 43.
