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Tuesday night, ESPN will air a similar documentary, only this time they are following Purple Heart and Bronze Star recipient, Super Bowl Champion, and Appleton native Rocky Bleier.
The football field at Appleton's Xavier High School is named in honor of 1964 graduate, Rocky Bleier. An entire trophy case inside the school holds his memorabilia. He's even scheduled to perform his one-man show "The Play" four times next month, in celebration of the high school fine arts center's 25th anniversary.
To say the Xavier family is proud of this native son is an understatement.
According to Xavier Athletic Director Kathy Bates, "His accomplishments, not only just athletically getting to Notre Dame, getting to the Steelers, helping to win four Super Bowls, that in itself is amazing, but his story is even more amazing -- his comeback story, so to speak
Tuesday night, ESPN will air a similar documentary, only this time they are following Purple Heart and Bronze Star recipient, Super Bowl Champion, and Appleton native Rocky Bleier.
The football field at Appleton's Xavier High School is named in honor of 1964 graduate, Rocky Bleier. An entire trophy case inside the school holds his memorabilia. He's even scheduled to perform his one-man show "The Play" four times next month, in celebration of the high school fine arts center's 25th anniversary.
To say the Xavier family is proud of this native son is an understatement.
According to Xavier Athletic Director Kathy Bates, "His accomplishments, not only just athletically getting to Notre Dame, getting to the Steelers, helping to win four Super Bowls, that in itself is amazing, but his story is even more amazing -- his comeback story, so to speak
