Word: brockton
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...than the conniving, cigar-chewing Weill, who often used his matchmaking jobs to further the careers of fighters he managed. He had four world champions over the years, ending with Marciano, whom he picked up as an unknown in 1948 and secretly handled until 1952, when he became the Brockton Blockbuster's official manager...
Died. Rocky Marciano, 45, the "Brockton Blockbuster," former world heavyweight champion and one of the prize ring's alltime greats; in the crash of a light plane; near Des Moines. The son of a Brockton, Mass., factory worker, Marciano wanted to be a professional baseball player but lacked the whiplash arm for that game. His chunky muscles were perfect for boxing, though, and what he lacked in finesse he more than made up in battering-ram power. After turning pro in 1947, he piled up 42 straight victories, most of them by knockouts, before earning a title bout with...
Gatto accepted the position last Tuesday night, after the Brockton School board postponed consideration of a similar offer. "I had a committment to tell Middlesex of my decision [last] Tuesday night," Gatto said. "I was hoping to hear what Brockton would offer, but I couldn't wait any longer...
Michael A. Ponsor '68-4 of Eliot House and Minneapolis, Minn., Paul F. Saba '69 of Eliot House and Brockton, and Barth D. Schwartz '69 of Adams House and Dayton, Ohio are among the 32 national winners of the award...
Saba is a Classics major who is translating Eupripides' Orestes. He was campaign manager for the newly elected state representative from Brockton. A punter on the Varsity Football team for the last two years, Saba also played freshman and JV baseball...