Connor holds several athletics world records in the class of T42, or above-knee, amputee.

Growing up in rural Saskatchewan, Connor played all available sports, excelling at hockey, tennis and baseball, and graduated from Rosthern Junior College.

Connor was the first amputee ever drafted into the Canadian Junior Hockey system as a goaltender.

[3] In 2004 he had tested positive for nandrolone and testosterone and received a two-year ban, which caused him to miss the 2004 Paralympic Games.

In 2015 he tested positive for testosterone for a second time in his career despite the fact he had previously submitted his retirement papers, [5] resulting in a ban from competition for four years by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport.