: He rolls through town in a custom Lincoln Continental and a Cadillac Eldorado.

: He stands 6'4", wears fancy clothes, and loves to wave diamond rings "in front of everybody's nose".

: The famous "meaner than a junkyard dog" line came from Croce’s hobby of fixing up old cars; he noticed that every scrapyard he visited seemed to have a particularly nasty dog kept on a chain to deter intruders. A Classic Tale of Hubris

: He is described as "badder than old King Kong" and "meaner than a junkyard dog," a phrase that has since entered the common lexicon. Real-Life Inspiration

: At Fort Jackson, South Carolina, Croce met a fellow trainee named Leroy Brown who "didn’t know the meaning of no" and eventually went AWOL, returning only to collect his paycheck—at which point he was promptly arrested.

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Bad, Bad Leroy Brown [OFFICIAL]

: He rolls through town in a custom Lincoln Continental and a Cadillac Eldorado.

: He stands 6'4", wears fancy clothes, and loves to wave diamond rings "in front of everybody's nose". Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

: The famous "meaner than a junkyard dog" line came from Croce’s hobby of fixing up old cars; he noticed that every scrapyard he visited seemed to have a particularly nasty dog kept on a chain to deter intruders. A Classic Tale of Hubris : He rolls through town in a custom

: He is described as "badder than old King Kong" and "meaner than a junkyard dog," a phrase that has since entered the common lexicon. Real-Life Inspiration A Classic Tale of Hubris : He is

: At Fort Jackson, South Carolina, Croce met a fellow trainee named Leroy Brown who "didn’t know the meaning of no" and eventually went AWOL, returning only to collect his paycheck—at which point he was promptly arrested.

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