Editing Carl Weathers (section)

==Early life==
Weathers was born on January 14, 1948,<ref>{{cite news|last=Rose|first=Mike|title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 14, 2023 includes celebrities Dave Grohl, Carl Weathers|work=[[The Plain Dealer]]|date=January 14, 2023|accessdate=January 14, 2023|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-14-2023-includes-celebrities-dave-grohl-carl-weathers.html|archive-date=January 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114153548/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-14-2023-includes-celebrities-dave-grohl-carl-weathers.html|url-status=live}}</ref> in [[New Orleans]], Louisiana.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wwltv.com/article/obits/rocky-actor-new-orleans-native-carl-weathers-dies-new-orleans-st-augustine/289-39bde45f-a501-4d32-98b5-c36cae90a05c|title=Rocky actor, New Orleans native Carl Weathers dies|first=Mark|last=Kennedy|publisher=WWL-TV|date=February 2, 2024|accessdate=February 2, 2024|archive-date=February 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203011207/https://www.wwltv.com/article/obits/rocky-actor-new-orleans-native-carl-weathers-dies-new-orleans-st-augustine/289-39bde45f-a501-4d32-98b5-c36cae90a05c|url-status=live}}</ref> His father was a [[day labor]]er. As an eighth-grade student, he earned an athletic scholarship to [[St. Augustine High School (New Orleans)|St. Augustine High School]], a private school.<ref name=wapo>{{cite news |last=Arnold |first=Gary |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1979/06/25/carl-weathers-of-rocky-ii-in-search-of-something-cerebral/23cfbd13-1383-444a-a3d0-2257defaa43c/ |title=Carl Weathers of 'Rocky II,' in Search of Something Cerebral |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 25, 1979 |access-date=July 22, 2017 |archive-date=January 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130053507/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1979/06/25/carl-weathers-of-rocky-ii-in-search-of-something-cerebral/23cfbd13-1383-444a-a3d0-2257defaa43c/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was an all-around athlete, involved in [[boxing]], [[American football|football]], gymnastics, [[judo]], soccer, and [[wrestling]]. He played football and graduated from [[Long Beach Polytechnic High School|Long Beach Poly High School]] in 1966.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/the-black-hole-plus/carl-weathers-john-madden-apollo-creed-sylvester-stallone-rocky-las-vegas-raiders|title=Carl Weathers Was a Raider Before Becoming Apollo Creed|first=Tom|last=LaMarre|date=October 29, 2022|website=Sports Illustrated Las Vegas Raiders News, Analysis and More|access-date=February 2, 2024|archive-date=October 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221029193834/https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/the-black-hole-plus/carl-weathers-john-madden-apollo-creed-sylvester-stallone-rocky-las-vegas-raiders|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Service |first=City News |date=2024-02-02 |title=Actor Carl Weathers, who attended Long Beach Poly and LBCC, Dies at 76 |url=https://lbpost.com/news/carl-weathers-long-beach-poly-obit-death/ |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=Long Beach Post News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Burgin |first=Aaron |date=2024-02-05 |title=In Memoriam: Carl Weathers |url=https://www.sdsu.edu/news/2024/02/in-memoriam-carl-weathers |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=www.sdsu.edu |language=en}}</ref>