Yes Pat, you described just what I remember seeing in the movies. Since this is my topic thread I approve this message; Pat and Bob. 
How about hockey? I remember The Penguins had Joey Mullen on their first Stanley Cup teams, who grew up in the "Hells Kitchen" area of New York playing hockey with a discarded stick and roll of electrical tape for a puck. He ended up on two Stanley Cup championships with the Penguins and one with Calgary and is a Hall of Famer.
