John Connors

By CHUCKIE MAGGIO The shot surprised not only the Niagara Purple Eagles’ defense and coaching staff but John Connors’s St. Bonaventure teammates as well. Niagara, the last school to hand St. Bonaventure a loss at the Olean Armory a decade earlier, had designs on knocking off its Little Three rival once again on Jan. 22, 1958. Taps Gallagher’s 8-2 Purple Eagles, described by … [Read more...] about Connors helped lead St. Bonaventure to multiple NIT Tournaments, “made everybody feel good”