Michael “Mike” Douglas Connor, 1973, football, basketball, baseball—Of all the gifted athletes, coaches and mentors just inducted into the Redwood High School Athletic Hall of Fame, coach Mike Dibley thinks Mike Connor might be the most touched and enthusiastic about the honor. “He was really excited about it when we told him that he would be among the first inductees,” says Dibley. “I could tell that it was a surprise that really had an effect on him.”

Given Connor’s abilities, it’s surprising that he was surprised. He was All MCAL in the three sports he played from 1968 to 1973, earning a varsity letter in each of them, and at one time or another was team captain of each.

His senior year was his “honey year,” especially in football when he was named to the All State team by Cal Prep magazine and several other periodicals. He played on the 1973 Northern California football squad in the Shriner’s Game against Southern California, and the San Francisco Examiner named him its High School Athlete of the Year.

In other all-star appearances, Connor played on the Marin County baseball all star team that faced off against a squad of its Sonoma County all stars in 1973, and he played on the all-star football team that represented southern Marin County against northern Marin County in the same year.

Connor didn’t neglect his studies. He was named a Scholar Athlete in all three of his sports. That academic bent, along with his football abilities won him a full scholarship to Stanford University, where he played varsity football and lettered for four years, 1973-76.
Connor lives in Los Altos, Calif.