Editing Big Van Vader (section)

==Early life==
{{Professional wrestling sidebar}}Leon Allen White was born in [[Lynwood, California]], on May 14, 1955, and grew up in [[Compton, California]].<ref name=NFL/><ref name="AJPW"/><ref name="GNW1">{{cite web|title=Interview: Big Van Vader|last=Nicholson|first=Devon|date=January 12, 2017|work=Great North Wrestling|access-date=January 15, 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pDFhYBPsxg|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407010014/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pDFhYBPsxg|archive-date=April 7, 2017}}</ref> He was raised with his sister in a rough area of Los Angeles known as [[South Central, Los Angeles|South Central]], where the siblings experienced a home break-in.<ref name=Part2/> His father was a [[United States Marines|US Marine]].<ref name="GNW1"/> His father also was an [[underwater welder]] for the [[US Navy]] and invented an automobile [[Hoist (device)|hoist]], which made the family wealthier and let them move to a safer neighborhood in [[Bell, California|Bell]], where White attended [[Bell High School (Bell, California)|Bell High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://podcastone.com/Steve-Austin-Show-Clean|title=''The Steve Austin Show'', Episode 119, "Big Van Vader aka Leon White" (starting around 27:00)|publisher=Podcastone.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226090105/http://podcastone.com/Steve-Austin-Show-Clean|archive-date=February 26, 2014}}</ref> In high school, he competed in [[shot put]] on the track and field team, wrestled, and played football.