Popeye the Sailor's Story
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When most people think of Popeye, we probably think about a hard-hitting sailor man fueled by a love for canned spinach. But the real inspiration for the rowdy animated mariner came from someone who was known to be a fighter and was most likely to throw hands after a few drinks -- but certainly not
over Olive Oil.
Frank "Rocky" Fiegel was a longtime resident of Chester, Illinois, and was certainly not a sailor. But at 5'11" and 175 pounds, Rocky could have been a champion boxer if he had gone that route rather than just fighting in bars and saloons. Instead of that, in the early 1920s, those brawls earned him a notoriety that would extend far past the county line and well beyond his death in 1947.
I eats me Spinach, too.
Sailor Man Jim...
over Olive Oil.
Frank "Rocky" Fiegel was a longtime resident of Chester, Illinois, and was certainly not a sailor. But at 5'11" and 175 pounds, Rocky could have been a champion boxer if he had gone that route rather than just fighting in bars and saloons. Instead of that, in the early 1920s, those brawls earned him a notoriety that would extend far past the county line and well beyond his death in 1947.
I eats me Spinach, too.
Sailor Man Jim...