Word: franjo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...born, according to conflicting versions, on March 6, May 7 or May 25, 1892, the son of Franjo Broz, a Croat blacksmith, and his wife Maria. He was christened Josip at the Kmrovec Catholic church, and entered the parish school. According to some authorities, Tito was "a bad, violent schoolboy," who soon left his father's house, became a locksmith's apprentice...
...shakes in his first tour of the big-time circuit. Last summer, bothered by a tennis elbow, he did not compete in the important Eastern tournaments, but in the late-season Pacific Coast championship he outplayed Australia's top-ranking Adrian Quist and Yugoslavia's top-ranking Franjo Puncec before bowing to Bobby Riggs in the final...