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...Born. To Rocco Francis Marchegiano ("Rocky Marciano"), 29, world heavyweight boxing champion, and Barbara Cousins Marchegiano, 24: their first child, a daughter; in Brockton, Mass. Name: Mary Anne. Weight...
...Rocco MARCHEGIANO is a simple, good-natured fellow who goes around hitting people terribly hard. He bruises their bellies, blasts the breath from their lungs, breaks the skin of their heads and generally bangs them about until, brains addled with agony, they fall unconscious. In his case it is a much-admired, and therefore profitable, habit...
...sports as he was dull in books, and sports mean more to most boys. He could lick anybody near his size, yet he-never suffered the loneliness and frustration of being a bully. Secure in the love of his family and friends, he grew up modest and gentle. "Rocco," his warmly matriarchal mother sighs, "was the best-natured child you ever see. He always want to be friendly. Always want...
...game of the week was Princeton v. Cornel-Ivy League, effete East and all. Neither team had been beaten or tied. Princeton, ranked eighth in the nation, had its work cut out for it: to stop a squad of fleet backs and the deadeye passing of Cornell Quarterback Rocco Calvo, whose 61% completion record was the nation's best. Cornell, ranked No. 12, had a theoretically easier job: to concentrate on one man. But the man was triple-threat Dick Kazmaier, an All-America back last year and a veteran of Princeton's 1950 championship team...
Tomorrow's game shapes up as a battle between the single wing, dull to watch even when it is working, and Cornell's flashy and very effective split. The Big Red has two players who can make the offense go: quarterback Rocco Calvo and halfback Stu Merz. Merz scored three times against Syracuse, while Calvo should be familiar to Soldiers Field goers from last year...