Councilman remembered
Ferraro
Obituary; Former USC All-American lineman recalled as caring leader of city
By TRACY BLOOM
Suff Writer
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Los Angeles City Council president, two-time All-American lineman and USC alumnus John Ferraro died Tuesday after a two-year battle with cancer He was 76 years old.
Ferraro, who was appointed to the council in 1966, was the longest serving councilman in city history. He was elected to his seat an unprecedented nine times and played key roles in bringing the Democratic National Convention, the Summer Olympics and the Staples Center to Los Angeles.
Bom on May 14, 1924 in the small Los Angeles suburb of Cudahy, Ferraro graduated from USC in the late 1940s with a degree in business administration.
But well before his political career started, Ferraro was known simply as a great football player for USC.
“(Ferraros death is) a great loss to (USC), a great loss to the city, a great loss to our athletic program and a great loss to the football program," said Mike Garrett, athletic director. “1 will miss him personally."
Nicknamed “Big John” because of his hulking, 6-foot-4, 230-pound
frame, Ferraro was a two-time All-American (1944, 1947) lineman at USC. He was inducted into the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995 and the National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame in 1996. He was also honored in 1973 with an NCAA Silver Anniversary Award
But Ferraros prominence wasn’t bound by the gates of Figueroa Street and Vermont Avenue. Above anything he ever did in Council chambers, Ferraro was a man who truly cared about the city. Mayor Richard Riordan said.
“He was a great leader of our city... (He was) the heart, the soul of our city of Los Angeles,” Riordan told a gathering crowd in a press conference held just a few hours after his death, a point he reiterated later on Ferraro in Council chambers in a memorial to the late councilman. “John Ferraros life was a life of giving, giving to the people of Los Angeles, giving to the people of his district” Ferraro was instrumental in bringing the Summer Olympics to Los Angeles in 1984. He also pressured then-Police Chief Daryl Gates into retiring after the 1992 riots, keyed the deal that brought downtown Los Angeles the Staples Center—the much-needed state-of-the-art arena that helped revitalize the downtown area—and helped bring the Democratic National Convention to
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“(Ferraros death is) a great loss to (USC), a greatlossto the city, a greatlossto our athletic program and a great loss to the football program." —♦— MIKE GARRETT USC Athletic Director
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April 20, 2001
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