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Julian Lane (fighter)
Julian Barnes Lane Sr. (October 21, 1914 – May 4, 1997) was the 48th mayor of Tampa, Florida, and later a member of the Florida Legislature. Early life and education Lane was born in Tampa, Florida. He grew up in the Seminole Heights neighborhood and graduated from Hillsborough High School (Florida), Hillsborough High School in Tampa. Afterward, Lane attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Dennis K. Stanley, Dutch Stanley and coach Josh Cody's Florida Gators football team from 1934 Florida Gators football team, 1934 to 1936 Florida Gators football team, 1936, and of which he was team captain in 1936. 2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 123 & 183 (2011). Retrieved August 30, 2011. He was also a member of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternities and sororities, Fraternity (Alpha Omega Chapter). Lane graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in busin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Nuccio
Nicholas Chillura Nuccio (October 24, 1901 – August 26, 1989) was a two-time mayor of Tampa, Florida in the 1950s and 60s. He was the Tampa's first mayor of "Latin" (specifically Sicilian) descent, having been born and raised in the immigrant neighborhood of Ybor City. Early life and career Nick Nuccio was the son of Sicilian immigrants who were among the earliest settlers of Ybor City, an immigrant-founded neighborhood in Tampa, Florida originally based on the cigar industry. Like most Sicilians who arrived in Ybor City in the late 1800s, Nuccio's mother was from the town of Santo Stefano Quisquina, while his father was from nearby Palermo. The many Cuban, Spanish, and Sicilian residents of Ybor City were often referred to as "Latins" by Tampa's "Anglo" community, and as the disparate immigrants worked, went to school, and socialized together in their largely self-sufficient neighborhood, they formed a common identity strong enough that their descendants still call themsel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
