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Latino highlight:
ROBERTO CLEMENTE
Roberto Clemente born in Aug 18 1934 in Carolina, Puerto Rico
youngest of 7 kids
Worked with his father in the sugar cane fieldAt just 8 years old
He found a passion for baseball very early onWas also a high level athlete as a javelin thrower and high jumper
In 1954
he signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers- didn’t play much
The next year he signed to be Pittsburgh Pirates
This is only 7 years after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball
Had a incredible career - 18 years
the former Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder who reached 3,000 hits his final season and is considered one of the greatest Latin players of all time?
12 gold gloves and 12 all star appearances
Clemente was the first Hispanic player to accomplish many feats in the majors. He was the first to win a World Series as a starter,
be named league MVP, be named World Series MVP and
be elected to the Hall of Fame.
Met with Martin Luther King Jr in PR
Post career
true man of the people
Always was giving back and supporting kids and fighting for civil rights
Held free baseball clinics for children in Puerto Rico.
In 1972 an earthquake struck Nicaragua. Roberto had managed a Puerto Rican all-star team in Managua, and he had friends there.
He became the honorary chairman of an earthquake relief committee that raised $150,000 and gathered nearly 26 tons of relief supplies.The first plan was hijacked and stolen
So Clemente went on the second one
Tragically, on New Year's Eve, he died when the plane he was on to deliver the supplies crashed into the Atlantic Ocean.
He was only 38 years old
Post life
The Roberto Clemente award is given to one player who embodies: character, community involvement and positive impact on and off the field
MLB honors Roberto Clemente every year on Sept 15.
The Roberto Clemente MuseumIn Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
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