Thomas Eboli

Thomas "Tommy Ryan" Eboli (born Tommaso Eboli, Italian: [tomˈmaːzo ˈɛboli]; June 13, 1911 Scisciano, Italy – July 16, 1972 Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York) was a New York City mobster who eventually became the acting boss of the Genovese crime family.

Eboli and his third family lived in a high rise apartment building in Fort Lee, New Jersey that overlooked the Hudson River.

[4] In the early 1920s, during Prohibition, Eboli became a bootlegger for future crime boss Lucky Luciano.

One of his early boxing protegees was future Genovese family boss Vincent Gigante.

[5] On January 11, 1952, Eboli assaulted two officials during a professional boxing match at Manhattan's Madison Square Garden Arena.

On that evening, Eboli was managing middleweight boxer Rocky Castellani, who was fighting Ernie (The Rock) Durando.

[6] Sport writers later speculated that Eboli had expected his fighter to win due to an illegal arrangement with Weill.

[6] On May 26, 1952, Eboli pleaded guilty to reduced charges and was later sentenced to 60 days in prison, his only incarceration during a life of crime.

and Tryan Cigarette Vending Service, Inc.[2][10] On April 17, 1959, Genovese was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison, leaving Eboli as acting boss of the family.

Some authors claim that for the next ten years, family decisions were made collectively by a "Committee/Ruling Panel" that included Eboli, Catena, and capo Philip Lombardo.

His previous heart attack occurred on July 17, two days after appearing before the New Jersey State Investigation Committee in hearings on organized crime.

[4] On July 16, 1972, Eboli left his girlfriend's apartment in Crown Heights, Brooklyn around 1:00 a.m. and walked to his chauffeured Cadillac car.