Ralph Connell played four seasons of both basketball and football while in University City. He captained the basketball team as a senior and led the team in scoring during the 1924 season.
Connell was a key member of the football team. He scored four touchdowns and had an extra point in the team’s win vs. Washington and had 15 first downs in a victory against West Chester.
Connell, who graduated in 1925, also played two years on the track team and one year on the tennis team. He later worked as a professor at Drexel.