Patrick O’Connor has to be considered one of the elite athletes ever to attend Old Rochester, earning a total of 11 varsity letters in football, winter track and baseball through his high school career.
On the football field he was the focal point of the offense for 3 years. He set (at the time) the single season rushing record with 1402 yards and broke the single season touchdown record with 20 leading the Bulldogs to an 11-0 record and a Super Bowl berth in 2003.
As good as he was on the gridiron, Patrick really excelled on the diamond. He was a 3 time all-star and a 4 year starter. His sophomore year he hit an outstanding .373 with 5 home runs. That was just the start; he followed that up his junior year with a .400 average and 6 home runs. He saved his best for his senior year when he hit .460 with 7 home runs. He had a gaudy .794 slugging percentage and an on base percentage of .510.
The renown sports writer Buddy Thomas recently wrote columns on the “20 best athletes over the past 50 years” in football, basketball and baseball for each area school and the’ Top 20 in the South Coast’ for each sport. Patrick was chosen #8 at ORR for football and #1 for baseball. He was chosen #4 in the entire South Coast for baseball.
Patrick went on to play his freshman and sophomore years at Wheaton Collage the transferred to Bryant University for his junior and senior years. He currently is the Director of Business Development for LeaseQ. He follows his older brother Bob who was inducted in 2013.
THE COMPLETE STORY
ARCHIVAL MEDIA
Historical photographs, action images, team photographs and later-life images will be assembled here as verified source material becomes available.
INDUCTION CEREMONY
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SOURCES & HISTORICAL NOTES
October 16, 2026: plaque biography reconciled directly against the existing photograph of the physical 2017 plaque. The inscription matches. Printed errors and induction-era claims remain part of the plaque record; this is not independent verification of every historical claim. No photographs were added or changed.
Plaque biography transcribed from official 2017 manufacturer artwork. The ceremony recording identifies him as Pat O’Connor; the Hall of Fame profile retains the formal name Patrick O’Connor. The approved Class of 2004 yearbook portrait was standardized to the Jefferson presentation standard, with the original historical source preserved.
October 2, 2026: physical plaque photograph IMG_1887.JPEG from the inductee's Drive folder visually matched by name and 2017 induction label and attached as the plaque reference. Original retained in Drive. Format conversion and Webflow encoding compression only; no crop, retouch or generated detail. Approved primary portrait and earlier biography wording retained. Word-for-word physical-plaque reconciliation remains pending.
The Hall of Fame archive also preserves the complete 2017 display (IMG_1886.HEIC), pairing the historical photograph and induction plaque. That original display is included in the profile gallery.
October 14, 2026: text-only editorial review against the existing Hall biography and source notes. Adds Bryant-confirmed 2008 conference recognition and season production. This review does not certify an exact physical-plaque match or current record status.
Bryant’s official 2017 baseball record book confirms second-team All-Northeast-10 honors in 2008 (PDF page 9), 11 home runs and 61 RBI (page 15). College season chronology remains a follow-up; the profile does not infer dates from transfer-year shorthand.
