"The Odd Father" - Vincent (The Chin) Gigante

"The Odd Father" - Vincent (The Chin) Gigante , was an American mobster who was boss of the Genovese crime family in New York City from 1981 to 2005. Gigante started out as a professional boxer who fought in 25 matches between 1944 and 1947. He then started working as a Mafia enforcer for what was then the Luciano crime family, forerunner of the Genovese family Gigante became a caporegime overseeing his own crew of Genovese soldiers and associates based in Greenwich Village.Gigante quickly rose to power during the 1960s and 1970s. In 1981 he became the family's boss, while Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno served as front boss during the first half of the 1980s. He also ordered the failed murder attempt of Gambino crime family boss John Gotti in 1986