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[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
- Chuck Connors basketball statistics at basketball-reference.com
- 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.