Joe Mangino was born in 1918 in Schenectady, NY. to Italian immigrants. His dad helped build the church Joe was baptized in. At the daunting height of 5’5” he was the star forward on the Nott Terrace High School basketball team of 1938. He started his career after a stint in the Navy during WWII.
Joe led his first labor strike at the age of twelve at the Mohawk Golf Club in Schenectady. He and his fellow caddies wanted to make a few pennies more per day and the golf course members wouldn’t give them a raise. He led a ...
