Anthony DeSpirito, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAnthony DeSpirito
American jockey
Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1935
Place of Birth: Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 26-May-1975
Profession: jockey
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Anthony DeSpirito
- Anthony "Tony" DeSpirito (December 24, 1935 – May 26, 1975) was a champion American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who found instant fame when he won the national riding title in 1952 as an apprentice in his first full year of racing. Born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Tony DeSpirito was the son of a millworker.
- He left school at an early age to work as an exercise rider at Rockingham Park in Salem, New Hampshire.
- There are conflicting newspaper reports of his birth year but the United States Social Security Death Index records him as being born in 1935.
- DeSpirito rode his first race as an apprentice jockey in 1951 at Narragansett Park in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
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