2006-06-16 05:51:53 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
Boston Celtics - Basketball
Brooklyn Dodgers & Chicago Cubs - Baseball
2006-06-16 05:57:46 · answer #1 · answered by chairman_of_the_bored_04 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Chuck Connors (The Rifleman) played professional baseball. He played most of his career with the Montreal Royals of the International League and had a few look-sees in the Big leagues.
2006-06-16 12:56:04 · answer #2 · answered by sam21462 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chuck Connors pitched for the Chicago White Sox.
2006-06-16 14:54:36 · answer #3 · answered by Paul M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Born to Irish-American parents, Chuck Connors and his younger sister, Gloria, grew up in a working-class section on the west side of Brooklyn. His athletic prowess earned him a scholarship to Adelphi Academy, a private high school, and then to Seton Hall, a Catholic college in South Orange, New Jersey. He dropped out of Seton Hall in his senior year to join the Army in October, 1942, serving mostly as a tank-warfare instructor at Camp Campbell, Kentucky, and then at West Point. Following his discharge early in 1946, Chuck resumed his athletic pursuits. He played center for the Boston Celtics in the 1946-1947 season but left early for spring training with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Baseball had always been his first love and for the next several years he knocked about the minor leagues in such places as Rochester, Norfolk, Newark, Newport News, Mobile, and Montreal. (While in Montreal he met Elizabeth Riddell whom he married in October of 1948. They had four sons during their 13-year marriage.) He finally reached his goal, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers, in May of 1949 but after just five weeks and one at-bat, he returned to Montreal. After a brief stint with the Chicago Cubs in 1951, during which he hit two home runs, Chuck wound up with the Cubs' Triple-A farm team, the L.A. Angels, in 1952. A baseball fan who was also a casting director for MGM spotted Chuck and recommended him for a part in the Tracy-Hepburn comedy, "Pat and Mike." (Originally he was to play a prize-fighter but this role went to Aldo Ray and Chuck was then assigned to play a state police captain.) Chuck now abandoned his athletic hopes and devoted full time to his acting career which often emphasized his muscular, 6-foot-5-inch physique. During the next several years he made 20 movies, culminating in a key role in William Wyler's 1958 western, "The Big Country." He also appeared on many TV shows. In 1958 he finally became a "name" when "The Rifleman" began a highly-successful five-year run on ABC. Other TV series followed as did a number of movies which, though mostly minor, allowed Chuck to display his range as both a stalwart "good guy" and a menacing "heavy." He is buried in San Fernando Mission Cemetery and his tombstone carries a "Rifleman" photo as well as logos from his three pro sports teams: the Dodgers, the Cubs, and the Celtics
2006-06-16 12:55:55 · answer #4 · answered by Spencer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chuck Person played in ths NBA for Indiana Pacers, Minnesota Timberwolves, San Antonio Spurs, Charlotte Hornets and Seattle SuperSonics. and was immediately waved by Chicago Bulls, so I don't know if he actually played for them. Although i know you're talking about Chuck Connors cause he play 2 sports.
2006-06-16 13:47:14 · answer #5 · answered by bbbaboy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chuck Connors was an LA Dodger
2006-06-16 13:51:42 · answer #6 · answered by Phillip B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chuck Conners played first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers and he also played basketball for the Celtics
2006-06-16 12:56:46 · answer #7 · answered by Rick H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LA Dodgers and Boston Celtics
2006-06-16 13:02:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chuck Connors played the same sex field along with Tab Hunter.
2006-06-16 12:55:09 · answer #9 · answered by irisheyes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Had a cup of coffee with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
2006-06-16 12:56:12 · answer #10 · answered by Padrefan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋