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Topic:  Chuck Connors would turn 100 this year
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giacomo
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  Message Not Read  Chuck Connors would turn 100 this year
   Posted: 3/6/2021 11:24:33 AM 
I was reading an article about him and some may know he was one of the very few to play both professional baseball and basketball. Our own Frankie Baumholtz was in that group.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Chuck Connors would turn 100 this year
   Posted: 3/6/2021 1:29:59 PM 
I once heard that Connors is the only player in NBA history to foul out in the first quarter. I haven't seen anything to confirm this, though.

Wikipedia says he is credited with being the first player to shatter a backboard when his 40-foot shot at the end of warmups brought down the glass backboard, which had been improperly installed at the old Boston Arena. Some reports say he tried to dunk it, which led the NBA to outlaw dunks.

Last Edited: 3/6/2021 1:32:39 PM by Pataskala

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giacomo
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  Message Not Read  RE: Chuck Connors would turn 100 this year
   Posted: 3/6/2021 4:20:33 PM 
He was 6’6”, pretty big in that era. I guess they didn’t call him the “rifleman” for his shooting skills, or he would’ve had a longer NBA career.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Chuck Connors would turn 100 this year
   Posted: 3/6/2021 4:45:58 PM 
It seems he’s being “Branded” as a poor shooter. ;)
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giacomo
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  Message Not Read  RE: Chuck Connors would turn 100 this year
   Posted: 3/6/2021 10:26:49 PM 
Yuk yuk yuk!
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  Message Not Read  RE: Chuck Connors would turn 100 this year
   Posted: 3/7/2021 6:01:26 PM 
Chuck was a “coward” anytime Buffalo was mentioned. What happened at Bitter Creek is ominous.
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SBH
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  Message Not Read  RE: Chuck Connors would turn 100 this year
   Posted: 3/7/2021 8:17:48 PM 
Name an NBAer who also coached his team and was a pro baseball player as well.
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OUVan
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  Message Not Read  RE: Chuck Connors would turn 100 this year
   Posted: 3/8/2021 7:56:31 AM 
SBH wrote:
Name an NBAer who also coached his team and was a pro baseball player as well.


Dave DeBusschere. Pitched for the White Sox and was a player/coach for the Pistons before moving on to the Knicks.

Dick Groat won POTY in college basketball and NL MVP.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Chuck Connors would turn 100 this year
   Posted: 3/8/2021 8:00:13 AM 
You got it. #22 was my hero growing up.
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