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Carollo
Carollo may refer to: *Agostino Carollo (Spankox), Italian musician, disc jockey, singer and producer *Anthony Carollo (1923–2007), American mobster, boss of the New Orleans crime family, son of the mob boss Silvestro Carollo *Bill Carollo (born 1951), retired American football official * C. Marcella Carollo, professional astronomer from 1994 to 2019 * Charles "Charley The Wop" Carollo (1902–1979), Italian-born Kansas City, Missouri crime boss during the 1930s *Giorgio Carollo (born 1944), Italian politician *Joe Carollo (born 1955), Cuban-American politician, mayor of Miami 1996–1997 and 1998–2001 *Joe Carollo (American football) (born 1940), former American football offensive tackle *Russell Carollo (1955–2018), American Pulitzer prize-winning journalist *Sante Carollo (1924–2004), Italian road cyclist *Silvestro Carollo (1896–1970), nicknamed "Silver Dollar Sam", Italian-American mob boss, boss of the New Orleans crime family * Vincenzo Carollo (1920–2013), Italia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvestro Carollo
Silvestro Carollo (, ; June 17, 1896 – June 26, 1970), nicknamed "Silver Dollar Sam", was an Italian-American mob boss, boss of the New Orleans crime family. He transformed the New Orleans's Black Hand gang into a Cosa Nostra crime family, and acted as street boss from 1922 to 1944. He was the boss from 1944 until his deportation in 1947. In 1970, he came back to the United States, and died on June 26, 1970. Early years Carollo was born on June 17, 1896 in Terrasini, Sicily, and immigrated to the United States in 1903 to join his parents in the French Quarter of New Orleans. By 1918, Carollo was a high-ranking member of the New Orleans Black Hand gang. In 1922, Charles Matranga retired with Corrado Giacona as boss, and Carollo as street boss. Taking over Matranga's minor bootlegging operations, Carollo waged war against rival bootleggers. In December 1930, with the murder of rival gang leader and suspected informant William Bailey, Carollo gained full control over bootle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Carollo
Russell John Carollo (March 16, 1955 – December 19, 2018) was an American Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, who worked as an investigative reporter for numerous publications, including the ''Dayton Daily News'', the ''Los Angeles Times'', and ''The Sacramento Bee''. He shared the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, with Jeff Nesmith, at the ''Dayton Daily News'' for uncovering mismanagement in military healthcare. After publication of the series of stories, the Pentagon announced the creation of a civilian board to review malpractice cases. Carollo was a three-time finalist for the Pulitzer prize, in 1992, with Mike Casey, for his work on, "Lives on the Line," in 1996, with Carol Hernandez, Jeff Nesmith and Cheryl Reed, for his contributions on two articles, "Military Secrets" and "Prisoners on the Payroll," and in 2002 for "The Foreign Game." In 2004, Carollo and Mei-Ling Hopgood, were the recipients of the Edgar A. Poe Award, the Daniel Pearl Award for Outst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carollo Engineers
Carollo Engineers is an environmental engineering firm specializing in the planning, design, and construction management of water and wastewater facilities for municipal and public sector clients in the United States. The firm is headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, and currently maintains 38 offices throughout the United States. Carollo has provided services to the City of Phoenix for over 80 years and to Southern California's Orange County Sanitation District for over 50 years. Carollo Engineers employs civil, structural, electrical, mechanical, environmental, and instrumentation and control engineers, as well as scientists, planners, architects, and CAD designers. Carollo offers water supply, treatment, and distribution engineering services; watershed and water resources planning; storm water and urban wet weather planning, permitting, and regulatory assistance; computer modeling, master planning, decision support analysis, and financial assistance services; and reuse st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Carollo
William F. Carollo (born November 27, 1951) is a retired American football official who officiated National Football League (NFL) games from 1989 through 2008. He wore uniform number 63. Carollo officiated in two Super Bowls and eight conference championship games. After the 2008 season, he became the Director of Officiating for the Big Ten Conference. Personal Early life A native of Brookfield, Wisconsin, Carollo attended high school at Brookfield Central High School where he graduated in 1970. Following high school, he attended University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UWM) and graduated in 1974 with a degree in industrial relations. At UWM, he was the starting quarterback for the school's football team from 1970 to 1973. Family Carollo currently resides in Shorewood, Wisconsin and is married and has four children. Other professions Carollo worked as an international account executive for 30 years at IBM before becoming Vice President of Global Sales for Milwaukee, Wisconsin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Carollo
Anthony Samuel Carollo ( , ; November 24, 1923 – February 1, 2007) was an American mobster, boss of the New Orleans crime family and son of the mob boss Silvestro Carollo. He led the organization from 1990 until his death on February 1, 2007. Early life Carollo was born on November 24, 1923, in New Orleans, to Silvestro Carollo and Catherine Tenie Carollo. He had two siblings, Michael Carollo and Sarah Misuraca. At this time his father was the acting boss of the New Orleans Mafia, and he followed him in crime. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was owner of Venezia Restaurant in New Orleans. Carollo married Mary Evans, and had one son, Sam Carollo and a step-son, Marlon Kenney. Rise to power In September 1966, Carollo and other Mafia members attended a meeting at La Stella restaurant in Queens, New York. When the police raided the building, among those arrested were Carollo, Carlos Marcello, Santo Trafficante Jr. and Carlo Gambino. It has been allege ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agostino Carollo
Agostino Carollo, also known as Spankox, is an Italian musician, disc jockey, singer and producer who is currently signed with EMI. Originally a classical violinist, he specializes in pop and dance music, including remixes of songs such as KC and the Sunshine Band's ''That's the Way''. He has also released such records as ''X-Treme'', ''Eyes Cream'', ''Ago'', ''K-Roll'', ''Tino Augusto DJ'', ''DJ B3LFAST'', ''DJ Rikituki'' and ''Spankox''. Several of his songs have appeared in the ''Dancemania'' compilation series and ''Dance Dance Revolution'' video game series under the name X-Treme. Career In 1998 he wrote and produced under the name X-Treme the European hit "Love Song", that achieved the gold record status in several territories. In 1999 he wrote, sang and produced under the name Eyes Cream the Billboard US Dance No. 1 hit "Fly Away (Bye Bye)" In 2002 he worked with fellow Italian DJ and producer Gigi d'Agostino on his composition "Put on Your Red Shoes". The record, rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Carollo
Joe Carollo (born March 12, 1955) is a Cuban-American politician who served as mayor of Miami from 1996 to 1997 and again from 1998 to 2001. Following his loss in the 2001 mayoral election, he served as Doral, Florida city manager from January 2013 until his firing in April 2014; he was reinstated in June 2017, then immediately resigned. He successfully ran for election to the Miami city commission in 2017. Personal life Carollo was arrested for domestic violence in 2001 after being accused of hurling a terra cotta teapot at his wife after berating her. Carollo said he did not intend to hurl the teapot at his wife, but the wall. His wife sought to get prosecutors to drop the charges. The charges were dropped after Carollo completed an anger management course. See also *2001 Miami mayoral election The 2001 Miami mayoral election took place on November 6 and November 13, 2001 to elect the mayor of Miami, Florida. The election was officially nonpartisan, and held in conjunct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincenzo Carollo
Vincenzo Carollo (8 December 1920 – 7 February 2013) was an Italian politician from Palermo and member of the Christian Democratic Party (DC). Biography Carollo was born on 8 December 1920 in Castelbuono, Palermo. He would go on to get a degree in literature and later become a university assistant for University of Palermo's Ethnology department. He served as the President of Sicily, the head of the regional government, from 1967 to 1969. He would also serve as a member of the Sicilian Regional Assembly between 1958 and 1979. Carollo was also a member of national Senate of the Republic from 1972 until 1986. He simultaneously served as the Mayor of Castelbuono from 1969 to 1983. Vincenzo Carollo died in Palermo on 7 February 2013, at the age of 93. Views and associations In March of 1981, Carollo's name was discovered on a secret list of Propaganda Due members in Licio Gelli possession. As a Senator Carollo was a critic of easing relations with the Soviet Union, claim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Carollo (American Football)
Joseph Paul Carollo (born March 25, 1940) is a former American football offensive tackle who play an eight-year career in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams, Philadelphia Eagles, and the Cleveland Browns. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame and was drafted in the second round of the 1962 NFL Draft. Carollo was also selected in the eighteenth round of the 1962 AFL Draft by the Dallas Texans. He had a short career in professional wrestling from 1965 to 1967 where he worked in Texas, Hawaii, the Carolinas and Japan. Professional Wrestling Career During the 1965 off Carollo made his professional wrestling debut in San Diego. He would team with fellow footballer Don Chuy during most of his wrestling career. Carollo also worked in Texas, Hawaii, and the Mid-Atlantic with Chuy. In May 1966, Carollo went to Japan working for Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance. He teamed with Killer Karl Kox. On May 23, 1966, Carollo and Kox defeated Giant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgio Carollo
Giorgio Carollo (born 30 March 1944 in Vicenza) is an Italian politician. He is a Member of the European Parliament for North-East, elected with the Forza Italia, part of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Fisheries and its Committee on Legal Affairs. He is a substitute for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the Committee on International Trade. A long-time member of Christian Democracy, he later joined Forza Italia, of which he was regional coordinator for Veneto from 1998 to 2005. In 2005, he left Forza Italia and formed his own political group, Veneto for the European People's Party. In the 2007 provincial election of Vicenza, he is candidate for president with the support of parties both from the centre-left and the centre-right: Italy of Values, UDEUR, Liga Fronte Veneto, Christian Democracy, some citizen' lists and his own Veneto for the EPP, which is part of the majority supporting the regional government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sante Carollo
Sante Carollo (Montecchio Precalcino, 8 February 1924 – Thiene, 9 January 2004) was an Italian road cyclist. His main occupation being a bricklayer, he became famous to the public for being the Maglia nera at the 1949 Giro d'Italia. He formed a rivalry with Luigi Malabrocca Luigi Malabrocca (22 June 1920 – 1 October 2006) was an Italian road cyclist. He formed a rivalry with Sante Carollo for the Maglia nera at the Giro d'Italia. He 'won' the rivalry, earning the jersey twice to Carollo's once. While noted for hi ... for the Maglia nera at the Giro d'Italia. He 'lost' the rivalry, earning the jersey once compared to Malabrocca's twice. References Italian male cyclists Cyclists from the Province of Vicenza 1924 births 2004 deaths {{Italy-cycling-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles "Charley The Wop" Carollo
Charles Vincent "Charlie the Wop" Carrollo (born Vincenzo Carrollo; August 25, 1902 – 1979) was an Italian-born Kansas City, Missouri crime boss during the 1930s. Carrollo was born in Santa Cristina Gela, an Arbëreshë town in the province of Palermo, Sicily, and immigrated with his family to the United States when he was three years old, initially settling in New York City before moving to Kansas City. His father was Antonio Carrollo and his mother Rosa Maria Carrollo. At some time after 1917, Carrollo became a close friend and enforcer for future Kansas City mob boss John Lazia. During the early 1920s, when Lazia was arrested for bootlegging, Carrollo accepted responsibility for the crime and went to prison for a short time. By the late 1920s, Lazia controlled all organized crime in Kansas City and Carrollo was a top lieutenant. On the night of July 10, 1934, Carrollo drove Lazia and his wife Marie to their apartment building. When Lazia got out of the car, an unidentified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |