Early Life
Lee was born to a working class Italian family in Donora, Pennsylvania. He was brought up during the Great Depression, with a house full of relatives including 5 siblings, and two of his cousins. His father, a bricklayer by trade worked very hard to put food on the table, even when there were no jobs available. Lee accredits his desire to box to his cousins Bruno and Libro Sala who were both professional boxers in the 1920s and 30's, Both of whom were top contenders. The Sala's were a very athletic family. Lee's older brother Tony was an All American football player at Villanova University, as well as intercollegiate boxing champion 4 years in a row. His younger brother Fritz was a baseball prospect in his youth.
Read more about this topic: Lee Sala
Famous quotes related to early life:
“... goodness is of a modest nature, easily discouraged, and when much elbowed in early life by unabashed vices, is apt to retire into extreme privacy, so that it is more easily believed in by those who construct a selfish old gentleman theoretically, than by those who form the narrower judgments based on his personal acquaintance.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)