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class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1926-05-02</span>)</span>May 2, 1926<br /><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, New York, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Died:</th><td class="infobox-data">March 6, 2021<span style="display:none">(2021-03-06)</span> (aged 94)<br /><a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>, Ontario, Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Height:</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Weight:</th><td class="infobox-data">220 lb (100 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">High school:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mount_Saint_Michael_Academy" title="Mount Saint Michael Academy">Mount Saint Michael Academy</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/The_Bronx,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="The Bronx, New York">The Bronx, New York</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">College:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Notre_Dame" title="University of Notre Dame">Notre Dame</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">NFL draft:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1948_NFL_draft" title="1948 NFL draft">1948</a> / round: 18 / pick: 160<br />(by the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-dbF_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dbF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career history <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bills_(AAFC)" title="Buffalo Bills (AAFC)">Buffalo Bills</a> (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a> (1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Association_(American_football)" title="American Association (American football)">Jersey City Giants</a> (1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Yanks" title="New York Yanks">New York Yanks</a> (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toronto_Argonauts" title="Toronto Argonauts">Toronto Argonauts</a> (1952–1953)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career highlights and awards <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All-America_Football_Conference" title="All-America Football Conference">AAFC</a> champion (1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grey_Cup" title="Grey Cup">Grey Cup</a> champion (1952)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS" title="College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS">National champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1946_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1946 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">1946</a>, <a href="/wiki/1947_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1947 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">1947</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career NFL statistics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Games:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">35</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Receiving yards:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">493</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-left:3px;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/O/OConBi20.htm">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Reference" title="Pro Football Reference">Pro Football Reference</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Francis "Zeke" O'Connor, Jr.</b> (May 2, 1926 – March 6, 2021) was an <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> <a href="/wiki/End_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="End (American football)">end</a> who played five seasons in the <a href="/wiki/All-America_Football_Conference" title="All-America Football Conference">All-America Football Conference</a> (AAFC) and <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Football_League" title="Canadian Football League">Canadian Football League</a> (CFL) in the late 1940s and early 1950s. 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A late-game touchdown catch by O'Connor helped the Argonauts win the <a href="/wiki/Grey_Cup" title="Grey Cup">Grey Cup</a> in 1952. </p><p>O'Connor worked for <a href="/wiki/Sears" title="Sears">Sears</a> in Canada after his playing career, and served as the color commentator for Grey Cup broadcasts from 1956 to 1981. He became friends with the famed mountaineer <a href="/wiki/Sir_Edmund_Hillary" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Edmund Hillary">Sir Edmund Hillary</a> and helped establish a foundation in his name to benefit Sherpas in Nepal. On September 24, 2015, O'Connor was the recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Hawley_Community_Service_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Sandy Hawley Community Service Award">Sandy Hawley Community Service Award</a>, awarded by the <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="Ontario Sports Hall of Fame">Ontario Sports Hall of Fame</a> in <a href="/wiki/Toronto,_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Toronto, Ontario">Toronto, Ontario</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_college">Early life and college</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_O%27Connor_(American_football)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and college"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>O'Connor was born in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> and grew up in <a href="/wiki/The_Bronx" title="The Bronx">the Bronx</a>, one of the city's five <a href="/wiki/Borough_(New_York_City)" class="mw-redirect" title="Borough (New York City)">boroughs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Globe_and_Mail_article_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Globe_and_Mail_article-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the son of a police officer and part of a large <a href="/wiki/Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholicism">Catholic</a> family.<sup id="cite_ref-Globe_and_Mail_article_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Globe_and_Mail_article-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Connor attended <a href="/wiki/Mount_Saint_Michael_Academy" title="Mount Saint Michael Academy">Mount Saint Michael Academy</a>, a Catholic school in the Bronx, where he played football and was voted the team's best <a href="/wiki/End_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="End (American football)">end</a> in 1942 and 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His large size – he was six feet, four inches tall – made him an attractive prospect for college football programs across the country, and he accepted a scholarship offer from <a href="/wiki/University_of_Notre_Dame" title="University of Notre Dame">Notre Dame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Globe_and_Mail_article_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Globe_and_Mail_article-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Connor was a starter for Notre Dame as a <a href="/wiki/Freshman_(education)" class="mw-redirect" title="Freshman (education)">freshman</a> left end in 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-O'Connor_as_ND_freshman_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-O'Connor_as_ND_freshman-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team finished the season with an 8–2 <a href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">win–loss record</a> under coach <a href="/wiki/Edward_McKeever" title="Edward McKeever">Edward McKeever</a>, but O'Connor joined a <a href="/wiki/V-12_Navy_College_Training_Program" title="V-12 Navy College Training Program">V-12 Navy College Training Program</a> in the middle of the year as <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> raged on.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CFBDW_stats_on_ND,_1944_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CFBDW_stats_on_ND,_1944-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Connor played for a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a> team in a game against <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">Army</a> held in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> in late 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-London_game_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-London_game-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1945, he played for a service team at <a href="/wiki/Naval_Station_Great_Lakes" title="Naval Station Great Lakes">Naval Station Great Lakes</a> outside of <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> that was coached by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Brown" title="Paul Brown">Paul Brown</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He caught a touchdown pass that December in a 39–7 win over Notre Dame.<sup id="cite_ref-O'Connor_in_Great_Lakes_ND_game_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-O'Connor_in_Great_Lakes_ND_game-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Connor returned to Notre Dame in 1946, but coach <a href="/wiki/Frank_Leahy" title="Frank Leahy">Frank Leahy</a> demoted him to the second-team midway through the season as punishment for leaving the school's <a href="/wiki/South_Bend,_Indiana" title="South Bend, Indiana">South Bend, Indiana</a>, campus to see a girl.<sup id="cite_ref-Blue_&_Gold_article_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blue_&_Gold_article-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He suffered a knee injury in a practice before the start of the 1947 season that kept him on the bench all year.<sup id="cite_ref-Blue_&_Gold_article_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blue_&_Gold_article-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Notre Dame went undefeated in 1946 and 1947, and won the <a href="/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS" title="College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS">college football national championship</a> both years by finishing first in the national polls.<sup id="cite_ref-Blue_&_Gold_article_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blue_&_Gold_article-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_O%27Connor_(American_football)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>O'Connor was selected by the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bills_(AAFC)" title="Buffalo Bills (AAFC)">Buffalo Bills</a> of the <a href="/wiki/All-America_Football_Conference" title="All-America Football Conference">All-America Football Conference</a> (AAFC) in the fourth round of the 1948 draft.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers" title="Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> were also interested in signing him, but O'Connor chose to play for the Bills because several Notre Dame alumni – including <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a> <a href="/wiki/George_Ratterman" title="George Ratterman">George Ratterman</a> – were on the team.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had 301 receiving yards and two touchdowns in 1948, when the Bills had a 7–7 record and won the AAFC's eastern division.<sup id="cite_ref-PFR_stats_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFR_stats-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1948_Bills_stats_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1948_Bills_stats-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Bills lost the AAFC championship game to the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Browns" title="Cleveland Browns">Cleveland Browns</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1948_Bills_stats_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1948_Bills_stats-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Bills traded O'Connor in early 1949 to the Browns for <a href="/wiki/Tackle_(American_and_Canadian_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tackle (American and Canadian football)">tackle</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_McClelland_(American_football)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bob McClelland (American football) (page does not exist)">Bob McClelland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Trade_to_Cleveland_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trade_to_Cleveland-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Connor played in nine games for the Browns, a team coached by Paul Brown, but did not have a reception.<sup id="cite_ref-PFR_stats_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFR_stats-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cleveland won the AAFC championship that year, its fourth in a row.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPiascik2007144–146_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPiascik2007144–146-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Browns cut O'Connor before the beginning of the next season, and he played in 1950 for the Jersey City Giants, a minor-league team in the now-defunct <a href="/wiki/American_Association_(American_football)" title="American Association (American football)">American Association</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Connor signed in 1951 to play for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yanks" title="New York Yanks">New York Yanks</a>, an NFL team.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Yanks finished with a 1–9–2 win–loss–tie record, putting them out of contention in the NFL's National Division.<sup id="cite_ref-1951_New_York_Yanks_stats_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1951_New_York_Yanks_stats-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Connor earned a <a href="/wiki/Master%27s_degree" title="Master's degree">master's degree</a> from <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a> while playing in New York.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1952, O'Connor began a two-year stint with the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Argonauts" title="Toronto Argonauts">Toronto Argonauts</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Football_League" title="Canadian Football League">Canadian Football League</a> (CFL).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In O'Connor's first season with the team, the Argonauts finished with a 7–4–1 record and went on to win the <a href="/wiki/Grey_Cup" title="Grey Cup">Grey Cup</a>, the CFL's championship trophy.<sup id="cite_ref-Argos_1952_stats_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Argos_1952_stats-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Connor caught a touchdown pass off of his fingertips late in the championship game from <a href="/wiki/Nobby_Wirkowski" title="Nobby Wirkowski">Nobby Wirkowski</a>, sealing the 21–11 win over the <a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Eskimos" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmonton Eskimos">Edmonton Eskimos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Globe_and_Mail_article_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Globe_and_Mail_article-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The play was one of the most celebrated of its era in the CFL and the Grey Cup, which was televised for the first time in 1952.<sup id="cite_ref-Globe_and_Mail_article_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Globe_and_Mail_article-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Blue_&_Gold_article_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blue_&_Gold_article-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Connor retired from football after the 1953 season, when the Argonauts finished with a 5–9 regular-season record.<sup id="cite_ref-1953_Argos_stats_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1953_Argos_stats-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_life">Later life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_O%27Connor_(American_football)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Later life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>O'Connor stayed in Canada after finishing his football career. He coached football in Toronto and took an entry-level job at <a href="/wiki/Sears" title="Sears">Sears</a>, a global department store chain.<sup id="cite_ref-Globe_and_Mail_article_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Globe_and_Mail_article-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also served as a <a href="/wiki/Color_commentator" title="Color commentator">color commentator</a> for Grey Cup broadcasts from 1956 to 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-Globe_and_Mail_article_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Globe_and_Mail_article-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He worked at Sears for 31 years, rising to vice president of <a href="/wiki/Public_relations" title="Public relations">public relations</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As O'Connor climbed the corporate ladder at Sears, he became the head of marketing for sporting goods in Canada and handled the company's relationships with major sports figures.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Blue_&_Gold_article_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blue_&_Gold_article-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These included <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sir_Edmund_Hillary" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Edmund Hillary">Sir Edmund Hillary</a>, who became the first man to summit <a href="/wiki/Mount_Everest" title="Mount Everest">Mount Everest</a> in 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-Blue_&_Gold_article_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blue_&_Gold_article-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Connor and Hillary met while O'Connor was on a camping trip in <a href="/wiki/Ottawa" title="Ottawa">Ottawa</a> in 1973 and struck up a friendship.<sup id="cite_ref-Blue_&_Gold_article_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blue_&_Gold_article-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that year, Hillary invited O'Connor and several other Sears executives to visit <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a> and consider charitable contributions for the <a href="/wiki/Sherpa_people" title="Sherpa people">Sherpa people</a> who helped him climb Everest.<sup id="cite_ref-Blue_&_Gold_article_9-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blue_&_Gold_article-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Connor suffered from <a href="/wiki/Altitude_sickness" title="Altitude sickness">altitude sickness</a> on the trip, but agreed to establish the Sir Edmund Hillary Foundation of Canada when he returned to Toronto.<sup id="cite_ref-Globe_and_Mail_article_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Globe_and_Mail_article-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Blue_&_Gold_article_9-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blue_&_Gold_article-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Connor started the foundation and was its president for more than 30 years, helping build schools and hospitals in Nepal.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also introduced Nepal to the <a href="/wiki/Special_Olympics" title="Special Olympics">Special Olympics</a>, an athletic competition for disabled adults.<sup id="cite_ref-Globe_and_Mail_article_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Globe_and_Mail_article-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His daughter Karen took over the foundation in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266_3-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECrippen2009266-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Connor published a memoir in 2012 called <i>Journey with the Sherpas: The Story of Zeke O'Connor and the Sir Edmund Hillary Foundation</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Globe_and_Mail_article_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Globe_and_Mail_article-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later lived in Toronto and still visited the Sherpas annually.<sup id="cite_ref-Globe_and_Mail_article_4-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Globe_and_Mail_article-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has three children.<sup id="cite_ref-Globe_and_Mail_article_4-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Globe_and_Mail_article-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Connor died on March 6, 2021, at the age of 94.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bill_O%27Connor_(American_football)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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