Charlie Feraci

Name: Charlie Feraci
Alias: Caveman Feraci
Birth Name: Diego Faraci
Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Birthplace: Palermo, Sicilia, Italy
Died: 1945-09-24 (Age:39)
Height: 177cm
Pro Boxer: Record

Manager: Fred Landry

According to Charlie Feraci's record in the D. J. Shields Record Book (published about 1926):

• He was born on December 25, 1905 in Cefalu, Italy.
• His height was 5' 9-1/2", and weight was 135 pounds.
• His manager was San Francisco's Fred Landry.

According to Diego Faraci's petition for naturalization (dated September 18, 1928) which was found on the Naturalization Petition database on Ancestry.com:

• He was born in Palermo, Italy on December 25, 1905.
• He emigrated to the U.S. from Palermo, Italy on September 16, 1907 and arrived in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 16, 1907.
• He was listed as being a pugilist.
• He was living in San Diego, California at the time he filed the petition.
• He was changing his name from Diego Faraci to Charles Daniel Faraci.

According to the New Orleans Death Records Index database found on Ancestry.com, there was a Charles D. Feraci who was born about 1906 and died in September 1945. The September 25, 1945 New Orleans Times-Picayune, reported that Feraci died of a gunshot wound of the thigh. His wife told the coroner's office that Feraci had been cleaning a rifle, when she found him wounded after hearing the weapon fall to the floor.