Brighton
A sculpted athlete, yet again
A local Olympian is forged in bronze
Growing up in Brighton in the 1940s, Harold Connolly didn't have Olympic dreams. Being able to scoop up a grounder in sandlot baseball games at Ringer Park would have been victory enough, but due to nerve damage during his birth, Connolly's left arm was considerably shorter and had less mobility than his right, preventing the strong batter from effectively using ... (Full article: 798 words)
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