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VIDEO: PITTSBURGH PARK RE-NAMED AFTER BRUNO SAMMARTINO

It's Official! Sangree Park is now Bruno Sammartino Park in Ross Twp. @KDKA pic.twitter.com/MuWe3mQPOJ

— Ian Smith (@ismithKDKA) April 23, 2021

A number of readers sent the following clip of today's ceremony in the Ross Township area of Pittsburgh, PA for the former Sangree Park now named for former WWWF Champion Bruno Sammartino:

Sammartino was the original superhero of the WWWF, the foundation of the company as it built itself into the promotion in the Northeast under Vince McMahon Sr.  He was considered one of the classiest performers ever in the history of the business and lived an amazing life that took him all the way from his family fleeing a Nazi invasion of his village in Italy to the United States, where he ascended into one of the most popular athletes of the era.  He passed away in April 2018.

BRUNO SAMMARTINO PARK COVERAGE

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KDKA CBS Pittsburgh affiliate channel 21 coverage.

WTAE ABC affiliate channel 4 coverage.

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