From SABR Encyclopedia
- See Chuck Connors in the index for other people with this or a similar name.
| Kevin Joseph Aloysius Connors
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| Bat/Throw:
| L/L
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| Height:
| 6' 5"
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| Weight:
| 190
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| Born:
| 1921-4-10 at Brooklyn, NY (US)
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| Died:
| 1992-11-10 at Los Angeles, CA (US)
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| Interred:
| San Fernando Mission Burial Park in Mission Hills, CA (US)
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| Statistics: | Retrosheet
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| SABR Searches: | Pictures of Chuck Connors | width:90% height:65% scrolling:auto | Pictures}} · Bibliography
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Chuck Connors was a professional player.
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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.
Pre-professional career
- Attended Seton Hall.
- Starred in baseball and basketball at Seton Hall.
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.
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