The real Rocky Marciano
Born Rocco Francis Marchegiano, he was raised
on the south side of Brockton, Massachusetts, to
Pierino Marchegiano and Pasqualina Picciuto. Both
of his parents were immigrants from Italy. His father
was from Ripa Teatina, Abruzzo, while his mother
was from San Bartolomeo in Galdo, Campania.
Rocky had two brothers, Louis (aka Sonny) and
Peter, and three sisters, Alice, Concetta and Elizabeth.
When he was about 18 months old, Marciano
contracted pneumonia, from which he almost died.
In his youth, he worked out on homemade
weightlifting equipment (later in his life,
Marciano was also a client of Charles Atlas)
and used a stuffed mailbag that hung from
a tree in his back yard as a heavy bag.
He attended Brockton High School, where he
played both baseball and football. However, he
was cut from the school baseball team because
he had joined a church league, violating a school
rule forbidding players from joining other teams.
He dropped out of school after finishing tenth grade.
Source of you want to read more :
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Marciano
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