F. Ellis Harley ’59

Baseball

A superb two-sport athlete at Bucknell, Ellis Harley graduated as one of the most prolific scorers in Bison basketball history. Harley co-captained the basketball team as a junior and senior, and he played on three straight teams that won 16 games each, which at the time equaled the school record. Harley averaged 16.3 points per game as a sophomore, and his career total of 757 points ranked fifth in school history at the time of his graduation. An outstanding free-throw shooter with a career percentage of .780, Harley scored a career-best 33 points against Franklin & Marshall as a junior, a performance that ranked fifth in school history at he time. Harley also starred as a shortstop on the baseball team and was named the outstanding athlete in his senior class. A native of Clearfield, Pa., Harley remained a Lewisburg resident for more than 30 years and served as Bucknell’s associate vice president of finance. (Bucknell Hall of Fame Class of 1997)