Captain of the Centennial baseball team during his senior year of college. Posted a 9-2 pitching record at IC before moving to the outfield in his junior and senior seasons. He played semipro baseball for two years after graduation. In 1931 he entered public education and worked as both a principal and a superintendent during a 41-year span. In 1965 the North Palos Elementary School District built the H.H. Conrady Jr. High School in his honor.