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== Profile ==
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=== Personal ===
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* Resided in Brooklyn, New York in 1952.
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* Listed hobbies as public speaking, radio work and amateur photography.
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* One of the best public speakers and actors in the sport.
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=== Pre-professional career ===
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* Attended Seton Hall.
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* Starred in baseball and basketball at Seton Hall.
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=== Outside of baseball ===
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* Played for the Boston Celtics in the BAA during the 1946-47 and 1947-48 seasons.
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* Spent the off-season as an insurance salesman as of 1952.
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* During the war he was an instructor at West Point, teaching tank driving, gunnery and maintenance; among his pupils were Doc Blanchard and Glen Davis, Army's famous touchdown twins of  the gridiron. 
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== Sources ==
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* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/connoch01.html Chuck Connors basketball statistics at basketball-reference.com]
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* {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}}

Latest revision as of 04:04, 21 June 2010



Contents

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

  • Resided in Brooklyn, New York in 1952.
  • Listed hobbies as public speaking, radio work and amateur photography.
  • One of the best public speakers and actors in the sport.

[edit] Pre-professional career

  • Attended Seton Hall.
  • Starred in baseball and basketball at Seton Hall.

[edit] Outside of baseball

  • Played for the Boston Celtics in the BAA during the 1946-47 and 1947-48 seasons.
  • Spent the off-season as an insurance salesman as of 1952.
  • During the war he was an instructor at West Point, teaching tank driving, gunnery and maintenance; among his pupils were Doc Blanchard and Glen Davis, Army's famous touchdown twins of the gridiron.

[edit] Sources

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