sentences:  His father left when he was 5 years old, his mother was an alcoholic and lived on the street, and his brother went to jail several times.Jon Volpe, being only 5 feet 7 inches tall, received a football scholarship to Stanford University, where he was an all-conference running back (leading in rushing yards), earning GTE Academic All-American honors and being named a Rhodes Scholar nominee (while getting a BSc in engineering.