Carl Albano doesn’t shy away from his family’s famous name. Is he related to the wrestling fella they remember growing up? This has been brought up many times. Specializing in real estate and insurance, Carl Albano’s sign outside of his building still brings in inquiring customers concerning his last name. On Route 6, in building # 2, settled in the hamlet of Mahopac, New York, is the Albano Insurance Agency. There was never any thought of following in his dad’s footsteps. “Just when we went into the City, dad would be recognized, and he had a crowd follow him.”Ĭarl Albano, along with his brother and two sisters, saw the wrestling business simply as their dad’s line of work. He was one of the neighbors who everyone knew, and got a kick out of,” explains Carl Albano. In listening to Carl speak from life as a child growing up in Carmel, the Albano household was as normal as their neighbors. The myths and real-life escapades of the Federation’s brawling cornerman are legendary. “And he was a tough dad but a very loving father, as well.” “Yeah, he was a crazy man on TV, just out there in left field when watching him wrestling,” Albano confesses. One of four kids of Lou and Geraldine Albano, who were married for 50-plus years, Carl paints a total opposite picture of his father, from the reckless behavior demonstrated in arenas that made him some one fans loved to hate. With all the TV exposure and arena rants, it was only natural, particularly back in the ’70s when the wrestling game presented itself with a more realistic legit product, that what you saw publicly was what the person privately is. To him, Captain Lou, as he was known during the second half of his career, was simply Dad. “He (Albano) was an amazing guy who marched to a different beat,” said Carl Albano, 65, during a recent telephone conversation.Ĭarl Albano knew who the real Hall of Famer was. Photo by John Arezzi.īut this was only one side of a manager living out of his suitcase, from his Carmel, New York home - an hour’s drive to Manhattan. Handsome Johnny Valiant alongside Captain Lou Albano.
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