His life was pretty normal, although as a toddler, at just 18 months old, he had a close call with death due to pneumonia ... and digging ditches for the railroad. Rocky dreamed of becoming ...

Rocky Marciano had two goals in mind while growing up in Brockton, Mass. He didn't want to follow in his father's footsteps and work in a shoe factory. He wanted to be a major league catcher.