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 Boy with the Boot

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 Home of Cedar Point Amusement Park ~ The Best Amusement Park in the World    http://www.cedarpoint.com/

The Boy With The Leaking Boot Statue is located in Downtown Sandusky, OH 
It use to stand in front of the old Porter Hotel. A prominent couple, Mr. and Mrs. Voltaire brought the 
statue from Germany in 1876.  After cyclone damage the statue was moved to the lobby
of the Sandusky City Hall.  A bronze replica stands in Victoria Park in Sandusky.  
Visit the Park links below:








Historical Information:
The Sandusky Frohman brothers were important American Broadway theatre owners and theatrical producers who also owned and operated motion picture production companies. Producing more than five hundred plays. 
Read more "Charles Frohman" The Man, by Isaac Frederick Marcosson and Daniel Frohman, DODO Press, Illustrated Edition -Charles Frohman Charles Frohman was at the height of his career when he died in the sinking of the Lusitania.
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Jon Gruden, former head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Wendy Kromer, co-author "Martha Stewart's Wedding Cakes" published by Clarkson/Potter/NY
Scott May , NCAA national champion basketball player and 1976 Olympic gold medalist
Jackie Mayer, Miss America 1963 and currently a motivational speaker; the section of Route 2 that runs through Erie County is named "Jackie Mayer Miss America Highway"
Thomas J. Moyer, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court since 1987. Justice Moyer passed away April 2, 2010
Orlando Pace , offensive lineman for the St. Louis Rams of the NFL and a seven-time Pro Bowler, played for the Blue Streaks of Sandusky High School, who retired his jersey number in a special half-time ceremony on October 20, 2006.  Orlando is currently (2009) with the Chicago Bears
as an offensive tackle.
Kevin Randleman, 2-time Div I NCAA wrestling champion for The Ohio State University and professional mixed martial arts fighter. Kevin attended Sandusky High School, where he wrestled under Sandusky Coaches Terry Wilson and Ken Colatruglio. Kevin and his wife live near Las Vegas.
Edmund Ross , the Senator whose vote prevented the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson in 1868
Rodney Jackson, Radio Personality & Music Producer
Charles Jones, NCAA wrestling champion Div.I, Purdue University
Goodtime I  Sandusky's Goodtime Cruise -
  • Sandusky was the setting for the film Tommy Boy, but was only seen in one brief scene in the beginning of the movie (most scenes were shot in Ontario, Canada). The Sandusky Register, the city's newspaper, was also asked to provide newspaper boxes to be used as props for the movie.
  • Sandusky (specifically, 1984 Sandusky) was also the setting for the 1998 film Edge of Seventeen which featuredseveral recognizable location shots. Footage from Cedar Point is used (some of which is 1984 vintage) though no scenes with the film's cast were shot in the park, which is called "Crystal Shores" in the film.
  • The character of Sugar, played by Marilyn Monroe in the film Some Like It Hot, hailed from Sandusky.
  • In The Monkees episode, "Alias Micky Dolenz", Micky says he is from Sandusky.
  • Local legend holds that a now-defunct Sandusky restaurant, the Porterhouse (that once stood on the corner of Wayne and Water Streets), was the originator of the Porterhouse steak. This story appears to be apocryphal.
  • Dudley (Booger) Dawson's supposed illegitimate child was from Sandusky in Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love
  • In Paul Gallico's book The Poseidon Adventure, New York cop Mike Rogo's wife Linda was from Sandusky, though she didn't care to talk about it.
  • In the movie, Network, Robert Duvall's character says the following referring to response from a show on the network, "Herb's phone hasn't stopped ringing! Every god damn affiliate from Albuquerque to Sandusky! 
  • The response is sensational!" Sandusky does not have a broadcast TV affiliate, nor did it during the time of the film.
  • The 1985 movie Fast Forward is about a fictional group of dancers from Sandusky who travel to New York to compete in a talent competition.
  • The 1990 movie Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael, which is set in the nearby town of Clyde, Ohio, includes scenes shot in Sandusky.
  • In the 2004 movie 50 First Dates, Dr. Keats (played by Dan Aykroyd, who was a cast member in Tommy Boy) says his brain injury clinic is funded out of Sandusky.
  • Sandusky also features in Paul Auster's book, The Book of Illusions, where the book's protagonist meets his eventual wife, having saved her from a bullet during an attempted bank robbery.
  • In an episode ("Seadog" Season 1, Episode 3 - 2003) of NCIS the NCIS director tells the lead agent that if he messes up, the only orders he will give will be to the Fire Department of Sandusky, Ohio
  • In an episode of Metalocalypse ("Mordland"), the Jomfru brothers and Ofdenson are making small talk in an elevator, where Ofdenson asked the brothers were they are from and they reply with "Sandusky, Ohio", to which Ofdenson says "Oh. There's an amusement park there, right?" The brothers say "Yes there is an amusement park." And Ofdenson says "Well that's always fun."