Robbie Cann (born Robbie Cannata) is the son of mobster Johnny Cannata, but Robbie changed his name after high school to Cann to avoid the scrutiny of being the son of a mob figure. He met James "Sonny" Crockett in 1967 while they attended the University of Florida, becoming teammates on the football team, then both went to Vietnam and served time in the war, Crockett once pulling Cann out of a firefight, wounded, and refusing to throw POWs out of choppers. They went back to the world, Crockett pursuing his police career and Cann trying to make something of himself, marrying his wife Julia, having a son, Allan Christopher, naming Crockett as his son's godfather, and opening up a successful bar using money borrowed from his father. Crockett & Cann celebrated Allan's birth, but Crockett felt