Joe Rollino - 103 year old former Coney Island strongman and boxer

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Clips

Olympics
Charles Atlas
Icebergs

Date

February 2008

People/Organizations

Charles Denson (includes as interviewer)
Joe Rollino (includes as interviewee)

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At 103 years old, Joe Rollino is a former Coney Island strongman, Olympic athlete and professional boxer. A vegetarian all his life who never smoked or drank, he was a member of the Coney Island Iceberg cold water swim club for 50 years. He tells stories of Charles Atlas (aka Angelo Siciliano), Charles Bronson, Marlon Brando, and his mentor, strongman Warren Lincoln Travis, among others.