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Since childhood, Connors had disliked his first name, Kevin, and he had sought another name. He tried using "Lefty" and "Stretch" before finally settling on "Chuck". [3] The name derived from his time as a player on Seton Hall's baseball team.
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In a biography titled "The Man Behind the Rifle" (1997), author David Fury says that Chuck Connors acquired his nickname while an athlete playing first base. He had a habit of calling to the pitcher: "Chuck it to me, baby, chuck it to me!".
- April 10, 1921
- November 10, 1992
He experimented with a few nicknames in childhood, such as “Lefty” and “Stretch,” but none stuck. As an athlete at Seton Hall College, however, he earned an acceptable moniker. As a first baseman for the college baseball team, Connors had a habit of calling out to the pitcher, “Chuck it to me, baby, chuck it to me!”
Oct 9, 2023 · Chuck Connors, a versatile actor, was a basketball and baseball player before becoming a Hollywood star. He was best known for his role in “The Rifleman” and had a passion for sports and philanthropy. Standing at 6 feet 6 inches, Chuck Connors was not only a talented actor but also a skilled marksman, a pilot, and a motorcycle enthusiast.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York to Canadian immigrants of Irish origin. He was named Kevin Joseph Aloysius Connors but his nickname Chuck stuck to him. He studied with an athletic scholarship at ‘Adelphi Academy’, a private high school, where he played basketball, baseball, football and ran track.
Jan 4, 2012 · In the war years, Connors also acquired the nickname “Chuck,” which soon usurped his given name Kevin. The oft-told story that the nickname originated from his Seton Hall days, where first-baseman Connors was fond of saying to his infielders, “Chuck it to me, baby.
As a teenager, Connors acquired his nickname because while playing baseball he frequently told the pitcher to “Chuck it to me!” During the Great Depression the family moved from a humble home to an unheated apartment at 455 Sixty-first Street in Brooklyn.
