Frank O'Connor [SEP] cause of death
came to a head and he left the Abbey later that year. In 1950, he accepted invitations to teach in the United States, where many of his short stories had been published in "The New Yorker" and won great acclaim. He spent much of the 1950s in the United States, although it was always his intention to return eventually to Ireland.
Death.
O'Connor had a stroke while teaching at Stanford University in 1961, and he later died from a heart attack in Dublin, Ireland on 10 March
1926 and 1929. 
O'Connor had an excellent representative career, representing New South Wales on nine separate occasions between 1924-1930. He also represented Australia on three occasions during the 1924 Ashes series. 
O'Connor is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No.131. Alf O'Connor was the brother of fellow Souths champion player Frank O'Connor.
Post playing.
Alf O'Connor became an Australian National Test Selector in 1946.
Death.
O'Connor died at Mascot, New South Wales on 30 January 1970 aged 69.