Editing Chuck Connors (section)

===Sports career notes===
In 1966, Connors played an off-field role by helping to end the celebrated holdout (see [[reserve clause]]) by [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] pitchers [[Don Drysdale]] and [[Sandy Koufax]] when he acted as an intermediary during negotiations between management and the players.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Katz|first1=Jeff|title=Everybody's a Star: The Dodgers Go Hollywood|url=http://sabr.org/research/everybodys-star-dodgers-go-hollywood|website=SABR.org|publisher=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=May 3, 2015}}</ref> Connors can be seen in the Associated Press photo with Drysdale, Koufax and Dodgers general manager [[Buzzie Bavasi]] announcing the pitchers' new contracts.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Thorp|first1=Ellen|title=Chuck Connors: American Actor/Athlete, Rifleman Star|url=http://trivia.ellenthorp.com/chuck-connors-american-actorathlete-rifleman-star/|website=When Westerns Ruled|access-date=May 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510070713/http://trivia.ellenthorp.com/chuck-connors-american-actorathlete-rifleman-star/|archive-date=May 10, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Contrary to erroneous reports, Connors was not drafted by the [[Chicago Bears]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?type=team|title=NFL.com Draft 2018 - NFL Draft History: Full Draft Year|website=NFL.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/chi/draft.htm|title=Chicago Bears All-Time Draft History - Pro-Football-Reference.com|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://drafthistory.com/teams/bears.html|title=Chicago Bears|website=drafthistory.com|access-date=June 7, 2019|archive-date=August 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828203300/http://drafthistory.com/teams/bears.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>