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George Connor

George Leo Connor

Position: T-LB-DT-G
Height: 6-3    Weight: 240 lbs.
Born: January 21, 1925 in Chicago, IL
College: Holy Cross, Notre Dame

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1975

4-time Pro Bowler & 4-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the New York Giants in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 1946 Draft

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1948 23 CHI lt 11 5 0 2 0 0
1949 24 CHI LT 12 6 0 2 0 0
1950*+ 25 CHI LT/LDT 11 0 1 8 0 8
1951*+ 26 CHI LT 12 0 2 21 0 11
1952*+ 27 CHI LT/LLB 12 0 2 31 0 22 0 2 14 0
1953*+ 28 CHI LT 12 0 0 1 0 0
1954 29 CHI LLB 8 0 1 6 0 6 0 1 6 0
1955 30 CHI RLB 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 53 1
Career 90 11 7 66 0 22 0 10 73 1

Receiving & Rushing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Receiving Rushing
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1949 24 CHI LT 12 6 3 51 17.0 0 25 0.3 4.3 51 0 0
1950*+ 25 CHI LT/LDT 11 0 1 21 21.0 0 21 0.1 1.9 21 0 0
1953*+ 28 CHI LT 12 0 1 17 17.0 0 17 0.1 1.4 17 0 0
Career 90 11 5 89 17.8 0 25 0.1 1.0 89 0 0

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1948 23 CHI lt 11 5 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
1951*+ 26 CHI LT 12 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 9
1953*+ 28 CHI LT 12 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 38
1954 29 CHI LLB 8 0 2 32 0 18 16.0 32
Career 90 11 5 76 0 21 15.2 165

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1955 30 CHI RLB 12 0 1 6
Career 90 11 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

1950
1951
1952
1953

1st-team All-Pro

1950
1951
1952
1953

Non-Offensive TDs

1955 NFL 1 (6)

Fumble Return Yds

1955 NFL 53 (3)

Fumble Return TD

1955 NFL 1 (1-- 38)

     

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
1949 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1949 - NY Daily News: 2nd team all-NFL
1949 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1950 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1950 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1950 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1951 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1951 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1951 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1952 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1952 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1952 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1953 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1953 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1953 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL
1954 - UPI: 2nd team all-NFL
1955 - Associated Press: 2nd team all-NFL
1955 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1955 - NY Daily News: 1st team all-NFL
1955 - UPI: 1st team all-NFL