Career
Conner was a prominent tackle for both the Ole Mission Rebels of the University of Mississippi and a prominent center for the Virginia Cavaliers of the University of Virginia. Ole Mission
= 1902 In a 21 to 0 Egg Bowl victory, Conner "plunged through the line at will" according to the Memphis paper. = 1906 He was selected All-Southern in 1906.
University of Virginia
= 1903 He was also selected All-Southern in 1903, the year he played with Virginia.
Death
Conner died at his home on January 24, 1919 of blood poisoning. While at a barber shop he had an inverted hair removed from his neck.
Number trouble resulted until two days later it became quite irritated.
