Ted Connolly

Games played:	91
Starts:	62
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Ted Connolly
	Connolly in 1961
No. 65, 64
Position:	Guard
Personal information
Born:	December 5, 1931 (age 93); 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 (Piedmont, California)
College:	Santa Clara; Tulsa
NFL draft:	1954: 9th round, 107th pick
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:
Games played:	91
Starts:	62
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Theodore William Connolly (December 5, 1931 – February 24, 2014) was an American professional football player in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49ers from 1954 to 1962 and Cleveland Browns in 1963. He played college football for the Santa Clara Broncos and Tulsa Golden Hurricane.

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.