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| + | == Profile == | ||
| - | == | + | === 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. | ||
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| + | === Pre-professional career === | ||
| + | * Attended Seton Hall. | ||
| + | * Starred in baseball and basketball at Seton Hall. | ||
=== Outside of baseball === | === Outside of baseball === | ||
* Played for the Boston Celtics in the BAA during the 1946-47 and 1947-48 seasons. | * 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. | ||
| - | == | + | == Sources == |
* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/connoch01.html Chuck Connors basketball statistics at basketball-reference.com] | * [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/connoch01.html Chuck Connors basketball statistics at basketball-reference.com] | ||
| - | + | * {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}} | |
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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.
