Editing Italian Americans (section)

=== Sports ===
[[File:Joe DiMaggio 1951 Spring Training.png|thumb|left|[[Joe DiMaggio]], one of the greatest baseball players of all time, in 1951]]After World War II, Italian Americans were active in professional sports as players, coaches, and commissioners.  Well-known professional baseball coaches in the post-war decades included [[Yogi Berra]], [[Billy Martin]], [[Tony La Russa]], [[Tommy Lasorda]], and [[Joe Torre]]. In professional football, [[Vince Lombardi]] set the standard of excellence for all coaches to follow. [[A. Bartlett Giamatti]] became president of the National Baseball League in 1986 and commissioner of Baseball in 1989. [[Paul Tagliabue]] was commissioner of the National Football League from 1989 to 2006.

In college football, [[Joe Paterno]] became one of the most successful coaches ever. Seven Italian American players won the [[Heisman Trophy]]: [[Angelo Bertelli]] of [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]], [[Alan Ameche]] of [[University of Wisconsin–Madison|Wisconsin]], [[Gary Beban]] of [[UCLA Bruins football|UCLA]], [[Joe Bellino]] of [[Navy Midshipmen football|Navy]], [[John Cappelletti]] of [[Penn State football|Penn State]], [[Gino Torretta]], and [[Vinny Testaverde]] of [[Miami Hurricanes football|Miami]].

In college basketball, a number of Italian Americans became well-known coaches in the post-war decades, including [[John Calipari]], [[Lou Carnesecca]], [[Rollie Massimino]], [[Rick Pitino]], [[Jim Valvano]], [[Dick Vitale]], [[Tom Izzo]], [[Mike Fratello]], [[Ben Carnevale]], and [[Geno Auriemma]].

Italian Americans became nationally known in other diverse sports. [[Rocky Marciano]] was the undefeated heavyweight boxing champion from 1952 to 1956; [[Ken Venturi]] won both the British and U.S. Open golf championships in 1956; [[Donna Caponi]] won the U.S. Women's Open golf championships in 1969 and 1970; [[Linda Frattianne]] was the woman's U.S. figure skating champion four years in a row, from 1975 to 1978, and world champion in 1976 and 1978; [[Willie Mosconi]] was a 15-time World Billiard champion; [[Eddie Arcaro]] was a 5-time Kentucky Derby winner; [[Mario Andretti]] was a 3-time national race car champion; [[Mary Lou Retton]] won the all-around gold medal in Olympic woman's gymnastics; [[Matt Biondi]] won a total of 8 gold medals in Olympic swimming; and [[Brian Boitano]] won a gold medal in Olympic men's singles figure skating.