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George Connor (other)
George Connor may refer to: *George Connor (racing driver) (1906–2001), American racecar driver *George Connor (American football) (1925–2003), American football player *George Connor (bishop) (born 1942), Anglican bishop in New Zealand *George Connor (priest) (1822–1883), Anglican Dean of Windsor *George Skeffington Connor (1810–1863), lawyer, judge and political figure in Canada West *George Connor (Australian politician) George Connor (15 August 1878 – 25 September 1941) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Alexandra from 1934 to 1941 as an independent. Connor was a farmer and veterinarian at Kangari ... (1878–1941), member of the South Australian House of Assembly See also * George O'Connor (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Connor, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Connor (racing Driver)
George Connor (August 16, 1906 – March 28, 2001) was an American racecar driver. At the time of Connor's death he was the final surviving driver to have participated in a pre-Second World War Championship car American open-wheel car racing, also known as Indy car racing, is a category of professional automobile racing in the United States. As of 2022, the top-level American open-wheel racing championship is sanctioned by IndyCar. Competitive event ... event. Complete AAA Championship Car results Indianapolis 500 results * In 14 Indianapolis starts, Connor drove without leading a lap. This ranks 6th on the all-time list. Complete Formula One World Championship results ( key) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Connor, George 1906 births 2001 deaths AAA Championship Car drivers Indianapolis 500 drivers Racing drivers from California Sportspeople from Rialto, California ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Connor (American Football)
George Leo Connor (January 21, 1925 – March 31, 2003) was an American professional football player for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) from 1948 to 1955. He played offensive tackle on offense, and on defense was recognized as one of the sport's first linebackers. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and of the College Football Hall of Fame. He attended both the College of the Holy Cross and the University of Notre Dame. He won the first Outland Trophy as the best college lineman in 1946. Sportswriter Grantland Rice once observed Connor was "the closest thing to a Greek God since Apollo." Early life and college Connor was born in Chicago, and was not expected to survive infancy, weighing only three pounds at his premature birth. He played two years of college football at Holy Cross and was a second-team All-America selection by the Associated Press in 1943. He then served in the United States Navy during World War II. After the war, Connor was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Connor (bishop)
George Howard Douglas Connor (born 1942) was the eighth bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Dunedin in Dunedin, New Zealand. Connor was educated at St John's College, Auckland and ordained in 1966. He was a Theological Tutor for the Church of Melanesia and then a Maori Mission priest for the Diocese of Waiapu. He was Archdeacon of Waiapu and then Regional Bishop in the Bay of Plenty. He was consecrated bishop 2 April 1989 and served the Bay of Plenty until 2005 when he was translated to Dunedin.ACANZP Lectionary, 2019 (p. 145) He resigned his on 30 November 2009. He additionally served as Convening Bishop of Tikanga Pakeha (New Zealand dioceses), 1998 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Connor (priest)
George Henry Connor (1822–1 May 1883, the Deanery, Windsor) was a Church of England clergyman who became Dean of Windsor. Family He was the eldest son of George Connor, master in chancery in Ireland. He married Maude Worthington in 1852, eldest daughter of John Worthington of Kent House, Southsea. The couple had two sons and several daughters, of which Emily Henrietta married another clergyman, Ernest Roland Wilberforce. Life He graduated BA in 1845 and proceeded MA in 1851 at Trinity College, Dublin, and was ordained deacon in 1846 and priest in 1847. He officiated for a time at St Thomas's Chapel, Newport, Isle of Wight. He was then curate at St Jude's, Southsea then Wareham, Dorset, before returning to Newport as vicar in 1852, where his drive and initiative got the parish church rebuilt for £22,000 (with Albert, Prince Consort, Prince Albert laying the foundation stone), a new vicarage and almshouses built, and local schools improved. Developing a relationship with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Skeffington Connor
George Skeffington Connor, (1810 – April 29, 1863) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Canada West. He was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1810 and graduated with a law degree from Trinity College Dublin, Trinity College. He came to Canada in 1832 and settled near Orillia, Ontario, Orillia in Upper Canada. He returned to Ireland in 1834 and was called to the bar there in 1838; he went back to Canada, was called to the bar in 1842 and set up practice with William Hume Blake and Joseph Curran Morrison in Toronto. In 1850, he was named Queen's Counsel, QC. In 1848, he became professor of law at King's College (later the University of Toronto) teaching until 1853. He also served as solicitor for the university and served as chancellor in 1863. In 1857, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly in the South riding of Oxford County, Ontario, Oxford; he was elected again in 1861. In 1863, he resigned to become puisne judge in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Connor (Australian Politician)
George Connor (15 August 1878 – 25 September 1941) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Alexandra from 1934 to 1941 as an independent. Connor was a farmer and veterinarian at Kangarilla before entering politics. He was the founder and president of the Organised Dairymen's Association of South Australia, a long-serving president of the McLaren Flat Agricultural Bureau, the founder of the McLaren Flat Show, and the promoter of the McLaren Flat vine and fruit pruning competition. He was elected to the House of Assembly at a 1934 by-election in the otherwise safe Liberal and Country League seat of Alexandra, following the death of conservative MP George Laffer. In his campaign, he was supported by the Dairymen's Association, Alec Bagot's Citizens' League and independent MP Tom Stott. He opposed tariffs for their impact on primary producers, opposed the extension of that term of parliament to five years, advocated a reduc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
