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Rocky bleier autobiography in five shorts

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          Fighting Back: The Inspirational Journey of American Hero Rocky Bleier Like New ; Quantity.

        1. In I had the great fortune (except that this was back before sports books started making people rich) to spend a season amidst the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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        3. This original photograph captures Rocky Bleier in action.
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           "Xavier Field Dedication"
           

          Robert Patrick "Rocky" Bleier was the son of a tavern owner in Appleton, Wisconsin.

          Often leaving the baby in a crib by the bar, it was noted that he "laid there like a rock" and after numerous inquiries as to "how is that rock doing?" by bar patrons, Robert Bleier would be known around town by the obvious nickname of Rocky.

          Years prior his uncle Ted Bleier had traveled from Wisconsin to the warmer climate of Miami and was a member of Miami's football squad, before choosing to remain in the Miami area as an educator. Thus the genetics for athletic success were there but no one would have predicted the heights to which young Rocky would ascend at Appleton's Xavier High School.

          Taking the final stanza of the school's fight song to heart, Rocky lived the words "to achieve our lasting destiny, this is our pledge today." He seemed destined for some t