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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,621 posts) Wed Apr 10, 2024, 08:36 AM Apr 10

On this day, April 10, 1921, Chuck Connors was born.

Actor Chuck Connors was #BornOnThisDay April 10, 1921. Remembered for the TV series The Rifleman (1958–'63). A chronic smoker, Connors smoked 3 packs of cigarettes a day, until he quit in the mid-1970s, passed in 1992 (age 71) from #lungcancer #RIP #QuitSMOKING #GoneTooSoon #hunk

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Mon Apr 10, 2023: On this day, April 10, 1921, Chuck Connors was born.

Mon Apr 11, 2022: Actor Chuck Connors was #BornOnThisDay,April 10, 1921.

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On this day, April 10, 1921, Chuck Connors was born. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 10 OP

Played Major League Baseball and in the NBA underpants Apr 10 #1

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1. Played Major League Baseball and in the NBA

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Wed Apr 10, 2024, 09:28 AM

Apr 10

He is one of only 13 athletes in the history of American professional sports to have played in both Major League Baseball (Brooklyn Dodgers 1949, Chicago Cubs, 1951) and the National Basketball Association (Boston Celtics 1946–48).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Connors

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