Graduated from Adelphi Academy - a private high school in Brooklyn, New York, in 1940.
Had won numerous scholarships while in high school, but chose to attend Seton Hall College (now Seton Hall University).
He had 10 hobbies: golfing, riding horses, reading, swimming, fishing, poetry writing, spending time with his family, baseball, philanthropy and politics.
He was a staunch supporter of the Republican Party as well as a frequent guest at the White House during the administration of his close friend President Richard Nixon.
He was the first NBA player to shatter a backboard; he did it while playing for the Boston Celtics in 1946.
His college studies was interrupted when he was enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942 in Fort Knox, Kentucky.
His father, Allan died in 1966, followed by his mother, Marcella, who died in 1971.
His parents were Allan Connors, who was a longshoreman and Marcella Lundrigan Connors, a housewife.
His series "The Rifleman" (1958) was canceled at the end of the fifth season, because both the actor himself and co-star Johnny Crawford had decided to move on to other projects.
In a 1997 biography titled "The Man Behind the Rifle," 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!"
In June 1973, he befriended Soviet Secretary General Leonid Brezhnev in a meeting at the White House. Connors traveled to the Soviet Union in December 1973, and presented Brezhnev with two Colt revolvers. In 1982, he asked his friend President Ronald Reagan if he could attend Brezhnev's funeral service, but he was not allowed to be part of the official US delegation.
Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1991.
Irish-American.
Lucas McCain, Connors' character on "The Rifleman" (1958), was ranked #32 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue].
On October 10, 1950, he was traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers - with whom he had appeared with in one game in 1949 - with Dee Fondy to the Chicago Cubs for Hank Edwards and cash. He spent part of the 1951 season with the Cubs.
Played major league baseball (for the Chicago Cubs) in 1951.
Remained good friends with Johnny Crawford during and after "The Rifleman" (1958).
Resumed his sports career after the war had ended. Connors had no choice other than to play professional basketball, when he continued to play baseball.
Very likely the only guest commentator on Monday Night Baseball to use the F-word.
Was a film "enemy" of Charlton Heston at least twice -- as Buck Hannesey in The Big Country (1958) and as Tab Fielding in Soylent Green (1973).