Wayne Mosley - Revision history

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	* He described 2008, with its recession and the rising cost of flour, cheese and fuel, as the hardest year he had seen<ref name="wsj-2009-01-04-p13" />.		* He described 2008, with its recession and the rising cost of flour, cheese and fuel, as the hardest year he had seen<ref name="wsj-2009-01-04-p13" />.
	* Brown called him a "pizza visionary"<ref name="wsj-2024-12-27-pA1">Kalk Derby, S. (2024, December 27). [https://madison.com/life-entertainment/local/food-drink/article_ada95988-b403-11ef-9f24-97aeb921c0f2.html "Roger Brown sells his last restaurant after co-founding the company in 1974."] ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. A1, A6. Newspapers.com images [https://www.newspapers.com/image/1153404253/ 1153404253], [https://www.newspapers.com/image/1153404263/ 1153404263].</ref>.		* Brown called him a "pizza visionary"<ref name="wsj-2024-12-27-pA1">Kalk Derby, S. (2024, December 27). [https://madison.com/life-entertainment/local/food-drink/article_ada95988-b403-11ef-9f24-97aeb921c0f2.html "Roger Brown sells his last restaurant after co-founding the company in 1974."] ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. A1, A6. Newspapers.com images [https://www.newspapers.com/image/1153404253/ 1153404253], [https://www.newspapers.com/image/1153404263/ 1153404263].</ref>.
	* His name is spelled "Mosely" on some of the city's ~~licence~~ lists<ref name="wsj-1978-05-24-p55">(1978, May 24). City of Madison ~~licence~~ list, May 1978. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 55. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/401232658/ 401232658].</ref>.		* His name is spelled "Mosely" on some of the city's license lists<ref name="wsj-1978-05-24-p55">(1978, May 24). City of Madison license list, May 1978. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 55. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/401232658/ 401232658].</ref>.

	==See also==		==See also==

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	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[Item:Q524\|Wayne Mosley in the ~~Pizzapedia~~ database]]		* [[Item:Q524\|Wayne Mosley in the Madison Pizza Wiki database]]

	==Notes==		==Notes==

Jacques: New article from the newspaper research recorded in the database

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New article from the newspaper research recorded in the database

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'''Wayne Mosley''' (died November 2017<ref name="wsj-2018-04-15-pE5">Kalk Derby, S. (2018, April 15). [https://madison.com/wsj/entertainment/dining/restaurants/rocky-rococo-leaves-east-washington-after-almost-40-years/article_e5333f46-415c-532f-92f5-01b7a3595302.html "Rocky Rococo leaves East Washington."] ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. E5. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/420480646/ 420480646].</ref>) was the co-founder, with [[Roger Brown]], of [[Rocky Rococo]].

Mosley grew up in the Chicago area and studied law at the University of Illinois<ref name="wsj-2009-01-04-p13">Adams, B. (2009, January 4). "Rocky's weathering tough year in pizza trade." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 13. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/407665809/ 407665809].</ref>. He and Brown opened the first Rocky Rococo in Madison on April 4, 1974, and by 1982, when he was 35, the company had 11 restaurants<ref name="wsj-1982-04-04-p32">Martin, C. (1982, April 4). "Through pizza's thick and thin, Rocky Rococo Corp. pans out." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 32. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/404415972/ 404415972].</ref>. After the two sold the company in 1988 they continued to own restaurants in Madison and La Crosse as franchisees<ref name="wsj-2009-01-04-p13" />.

==Trivia==
* As a boy he won bets and contests by eating pizza. "I eat our pizza all the time. I eat a lot of it", he said in 1982<ref name="wsj-1982-04-04-p32" />.
* "If I had known then what I know now I wouldn't have been so optimistic. On the other hand, if I had known then what I know now, we'd probably have 150 restaurants"<ref name="wsj-1982-04-04-p32" />.
* He described 2008, with its recession and the rising cost of flour, cheese and fuel, as the hardest year he had seen<ref name="wsj-2009-01-04-p13" />.
* Brown called him a "pizza visionary"<ref name="wsj-2024-12-27-pA1">Kalk Derby, S. (2024, December 27). [https://madison.com/life-entertainment/local/food-drink/article_ada95988-b403-11ef-9f24-97aeb921c0f2.html "Roger Brown sells his last restaurant after co-founding the company in 1974."] ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. A1, A6. Newspapers.com images [https://www.newspapers.com/image/1153404253/ 1153404253], [https://www.newspapers.com/image/1153404263/ 1153404263].</ref>.
* His name is spelled "Mosely" on some of the city's licence lists<ref name="wsj-1978-05-24-p55">(1978, May 24). City of Madison licence list, May 1978. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 55. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/401232658/ 401232658].</ref>.

==See also==
* [[Item:Q524|Wayne Mosley in the Pizzapedia database]]

==Notes==
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