I have to agree with this. After Connors retired from the Celtics, he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. After only one game, he decided to go play for the Chicago Cubs. Helping the Dodgers again, he was crucial in the negotiations to sign Sandy Koufax. Connors was later drafted by the Chicago Bears football team, but he never played a game for them. That's not all. Connors received a role in the 1952 film, Pat and Mike. In television, he also starred in Old Yeller. Connors appeared in many other roles such as, Flipper, Gunsmoke, Murder, She Wrote, and most notably, The Rifleman. Not finished. In 1973, he traveled to the Soviet Union with Secretary General Leonid Brezhnev. Pretty unique.
I remember him mostly as an actor. Definitely a unique life!
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