By: Tanya Tecce
In 1902, when Vinny Papale’s great-grandfather Vincenzo was just 10 years old, he and his family immigrated from a small commune near Caserta, Italy, to the Philadelphia suburbs in Delaware County, Pa.
Vincenzo started a pig farm (which we discovered both my father and uncle worked at seasonally as young men in the summers) – as well as a family – including son Francis, the father of Vince Papale, who would grow up to be an NFL legend who inspired the 2006 feature film “Invincible.”
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