Leo Massa Explained

Leo Massa
Sport:	Cross-country skiing
Birth Date:	15 October 1929
Birth Place:	Clearwater, Florida, United States
Death Place:	Long Branch, New Jersey, United States

Leo Massa (October 15, 1929  - September 3, 2009) was an American cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 30 kilometre event at the 1960 Winter Olympics.^[1]

Raised in Red Bank, New Jersey, Massa played baseball at Red Bank Regional High School well enough to earn a Major League Baseball tryout, before switching over to focus cross-country skiing, a sport he learned in Finland, his father's home country, during his pre-teen years.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Leo Massa Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418100259/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/leo-massa-1.html . dead . April 18, 2020 . June 17, 2019.
2. Parker, Don. "Massa On Cold, Cold Ground; Leo Massa Did Not Complain When He Drew The Last Starting Position In The National Cross-Country Championships And, Over 15 Kilometers Of Wilderness, Last Was First", Sports Illustrated, February 24, 1958. Accessed Julne 27, 2019. "The highlight of the show was the performance of Florida-born Leo Massa, 28, currently a carpenter in Red Bank, N.J., who spent five of his pre-teen years learning cross-country skiing in his father's native Finland."