Richie Connor

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| code= Football

| sport = Gaelic football

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| name = Richie Connor

| irish = Risteard Ó Conchubhair

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| occupation = Primary school teacher

| county = Offaly

| province = Leinster

| club = Walsh Island

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| clyears = 1970s–1990s

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| clcounty = 6

| clprovince= 2

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| counties = Offaly

| icposition = Midfield

| icyears = 1975–1989

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| icprovince = 3

| icallireland = 1

| nfl = 0

| allstars = 1

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| birth_place=Walsh Island, County Offaly

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Richie Connor (born 1954 in Walsh Island, County Offaly) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for his local club Walsh Island and, from 1975 until 1989, at senior level for the Offaly county team.{{cite web|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Offaly/Profile.aspx|title=Offaly GAA profile|publisher=www.hoganstand.com|accessdate=2010-05-08|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140804190409/http://hoganstand.com/Offaly/Profile.aspx|archivedate=2014-08-04}} Walsh later served as manager of the Laois and Offaly senior football teams.

As a player, Connor was captain of the Offaly team which won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title in 1982, denying Kerry a 'five in a row' title. He played at centre forward that day, having appeared as centre back in earlier years.{{fact|date=May 2020}}

Richie's only All-Star award came in 1981.{{fact|date=May 2020}}

Richie's first success was with the Erins Hope team that won the Dublin under-21 title in 1974. He helped that club retain the title in 1975 and also won an Offaly under-21 medal with Walsh Island in the same year.{{fact|date=May 2020}}

With Walsh Island, Richie was part of the team that won six Offaly Senior Football Championship titles in a row from 1978 to 1983. He was captain in 1981 and 1983.{{fact|date=May 2020}}

He was interviewed for the documentary Players of the Faithful.{{cite news|url=http://www.loosehorse.ie/portfolio-items/players-of-the-faithful/|title=Players of the Faithful}}

Connor was appointed manager of the Offaly senior team on a three-year-term in 2008, but resigned in February 2009.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/richie-connor-appointed-offaly-football-manager-26479877.html|title=Richie Connor appointed Offaly football manager|work=Irish Independent|date=26 September 2008}}{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2009/0208/244788-offaly/|title=Offaly chief Connor resigns|publisher=RTÉ|date=8 February 2009}}