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Joe Spano appears in Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier, the film adaptation of the book by Rocky Bleier Fighting Back, first published in 1975.
We invite you to watch, read, and vote for either the adaptation or the original, and join the debate on whether the book or the movie is better.
Fighting Back
Rocky Bleier, 1975
movie vs book
Robert Lieberman, 1980
The story of how, after becoming a running back for the Steelers in 1968, Rocky Bleier was then drafted by the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. Injured by a bullet to the thigh and a hand grenade to the lower right leg, Rocky is told that he will never walk again. Not only does he walk again after a long rehabilitation, Rocky returns to train with the Steelers.