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Old 12-18-2021, 11:06 AM   #35342
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Originally Posted by cinemaodyssey View Post
The Facepack image does not picture Johnny O'Connor but rather Dick O'Connor playing for Fall River in 1914. The Chicago newspaper labeled O'Connor a "Boston boy" but his baseball reference page tells us he attended the University of Illinois. I haven't found a record of him in the yearbooks under that name, though there is a Charles Andrew O'Connor there in 1911-1912. O'Connor did play for the Chicago Bankers League in 1916 with the First Nationals. I do not have a photo of him as of yet.
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Okay, just spent some time on this guy and I think it is a man named John Charles O'Connor aka Johnny or Okey. Best as I can tell, the bb-ref ID is correct, there is an ancestry profile that matches quite well and has him in Boston in the 1910's. He played for Boston English High School in 1910 and was a teammate of future Red Sox Hal Janvrin. He was a semi-pro catcher in Boston area and played of York Beach squad. He was pictured in a team photo in the August 19, 1915 Boston Globe.

I wouldn't say it's definitive, but I think it is the guy.
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The problem remains that I don't have confirmation that the major leaguer and the John O'Connor I found an image of are the same guy. Circumstantially, I think it is a strong case, but I lack the smoking gun. I will check with the Bio committee.
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I found these, 1st one 1913 and 2nd 1915
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From the July 10, 1916 Boston Globe
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