Pete Hamill - My father lost his leg in 1927 p...

My father lost his leg in 1927 playing soccer. A kick broke his leg; gangrene set in. They sawed it off. So he didn't get what a lot of Irish immigrants got, which was a job on the Waterfront - he didn't get that.

Pete Hamill

American Journalist

Born: Jun 24, 1935

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