Ted Connor

{{Short description|English footballer (1884–1955)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ted Connor

| fullname = J. Edward Connor

| birth_date = 19 April 1884

| birth_place = Weaste, England

| death_date = {{death date and age |1955|1|19|1884|4|19|df=y}}{{Cite web |title=Player-based information – 1921–2018 |url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1waPHlMJ6EsUMvlAFZigPhOgB-W6A3DB2/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=115104281188819564453&rtpof=true&sd=true |access-date=29 November 2018 |website=Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource}}

| death_place = Stretford, England

| height = 5 ft 7 in{{Cite news |date=18 August 1913 |title=The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Bury |page=5 |work=Athletic News |location=Manchester |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000986/19130818/093/0005 |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}

| position = Outside forward, inside left

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| clubs1 = Eccles Borough

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| years2 = 1907–1908

| clubs2 = Lincoln City

| caps2 = 4

| goals2 = 0

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| clubs3 = Eccles Borough

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| years4 = {{0|0000}}–1909

| clubs4 = Walkden Central

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| years5 = 1909–1910

| clubs5 = Manchester United

| caps5 = 15

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 1911–1912

| clubs6 = Sheffield United

| caps6 = 14

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 1912–1919

| clubs7 = Bury

| caps7 = 89

| goals7 = 4

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| clubs8 = Fulham

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| years9 = 1919–1920

| clubs9 = Exeter City

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| years10 = 1920–1921

| clubs10 = Rochdale

| caps10 = 28

| goals10 = 1

| years11 = 1921

| clubs11 = Nelson

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| years12 = 1921–1922

| clubs12 = Chesterfield

| caps12 = 9

| goals12 = 2

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| clubs13 = Saltney Athletic

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J. Edward Connor (19 April 1884 – 19 January 1955) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside forward in the Football League for Lincoln City, Manchester United, Sheffield United, Bury and Chesterfield.{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 |date=16 October 2012 |publisher=Tony Brown |isbn=9781905891610 |edition=3rd Revised |page=63}}{{Cite web |title=Connor, Edward (Ted) |url=https://grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/960 |access-date=31 July 2023 |website=grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk |language=English}} After his retirement from football, Connor returned to Manchester United as a scout and office worker.{{Cite book |last1=Barnes |first1=Justyn |title=The Official Manchester United Illustrated Encyclopedia |last2=Bostock |first2=Adam |last3=Butler |first3=Cliff |last4=Ferguson |first4=Jim |last5=Meek |first5=David |last6=Mitten |first6=Andy |last7=Pilger |first7=Sam |last8=Taylor |first8=Frank OBE |last9=Tyrell |first9=Tom |publisher=Manchester United Books |year=2001 |isbn=0-233-99964-7 |location=London |page=79}}