Ted Connolly

American football player (1931–2014)

American football player

Ted Connolly

Connolly in 1961

No. 65, 64

Position:

Guard

Personal information

Born:

(1931-12-05) December 5, 1931 (age 92)
Oakland, California, U.S.

Died:

February 24, 2014
Gardnerville, Nevada, U.S.

Height:

6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Weight:

240 lb (109 kg)

Career information

High school:

Piedmont (CA)

College:

Santa Clara
Tulsa

NFL draft:

1954 / round: 9 / pick: 107

Career history

San Francisco 49ers (1954–1962)
Cleveland Browns (1963)

Career highlights and awards

Pro Bowl (1961)
All-Missouri Valley team (1953)

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	91
Starts:	62

Player stats at PFR

Theodore William Connolly (December 5, 1931 – February 24, 2014) was a professional American football player for the San Francisco 49ers from 1954 to 1962 and Cleveland Browns in 1963.

He earned all-Pro honors and was a member of the 1962 NFL All-Star team as named by The Sporting News.

He originally played in college at Santa Clara University and was an All-American until the Broncos dropped football in 1951. Connolly moved on to the University of Tulsa where he graduated in 1953. While at Tulsa he was named a member of the All-Missouri Valley team as a tackle.^[1]

Connolly was selected in the 9th round of the 1954 NFL draft by the San Francisco 49ers, who made him the 107th selection of the year.

While a player, he worked in the off-season as a real estate salesman for the Grubb Real Estate Company of Oakland, California.^[1]

Conner died at his home in Gardnerville, Nevada on February 24, 2014, from acute myelocytic leukemia.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Dan McGuire (ed.), The San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League Present the Shotgun Offense: Press, Radio, Television Information for 1961. San Francisco, CA: San Francisco 49ers Football Club, 1961; p. 21.
^ James Marty, "Ted Connolly, Former 49er and Napa Resident, Dies at 82," Napa Valley Register, March 11, 2014.