Nicknaming Him Rocky

According to Rocky, he got his nickname because, “As the first born of the family, my dad was proud, as all parents are. And the guys would come into the bar and say, ‘Bob, how’s that new kid of your?’ And my dad would go, ‘Aw, you should see him guys, looks like a little rock sitting in that crib. He’s got all these muscles.’ So they’d come back in the bar and they’d say, ‘Hey Bob, ‘how’s that little rock of yours?’ So after that, that’s how I got it. It stuck.”

Studying In Xavier High School

The Bleier children spent their childhood living on top of the their parents’ bar, while going to school. Rocky would even take on a paper route in order to make a bit of extra cash. And from a young age, Rocky enjoyed playing sports as well, more so basketball and American football.