Trivia

Mid 1954: Injured in a plane crash while in the Army.

Studied Drama at New York University.

Graduated from Stamford High School, Connecticut. (1951)

(1953 to 1955) Was in the U.S. Army, where he taught boxing and self-defense and helped train Army Rangers.

In 1961, at the age of 29, he retired from boxing to spend time with his son, Jimmy, who died the following year at age 3 from complications resulting from cerebral palsy.

Chico served as Executive Director of both the Fairfield and Westchester County chapters of the United Cerebral Palsy Association and as a member of the Connecticut State Athletic Commission.

He helped establish the Jimmy Vejar Day Camp in Rye Brook, NY, for children with cerebral palsy.

A portrait of Chico, painted by Stamford native George Dugan, hangs in the Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, NY.

December 1, 2006, at the Foxwoods Resort Casino, Chico was inducted into the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame, along with six others.