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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Clemente
 * Notes**


 * ** Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker known as Roberto Clemente was a famous baseball player. **
 * He was born on August 18, 1934 in San Anton, Carolina, Puerto Rico.**


 * **His family was Don Melchor Clemente and Luisa Walker. He was the youngest of 7 siblings.Clemente had 4 brothers and**
 * 2 sisters during his childhood. **


 * **His family resources were limited so that means that he worked alongside with his father in the fields**
 * loading and unloading trucks.**


 * ** When Clemente was 16 years old, he joined Puerto Rico's Amateur league. He was **
 * playing for the Ferdinand Juncos team.**


 * **He was recruited by Roberto Marin to play softball with the Sello Rojo team in high school after Marin saw**
 * Clemente playing baseball in Barrio San Anton. **


 * **Clemente's professional baseball career began when Pedrin Zorilla gave Clemente a contract. When he signed**
 * it on October 9, 1952 he was playing with the Cangrejeros de Santurce.**


 * **When he was playing, he hit 288 as the Crabbers lead off hitter.**


 * **While he was playing in the LBPR, the Brooklyn Dodgers offered him a contract**
 * with one of the triple A team. He signed the contract on February 19, 1954.**


 * **After signing the contract, Clemente moved to Montreal to play with the Royals. Clemente**
 * had trouble with language. He received bilingual teammates to help him.**


 * **After playing for a season with the Royals the Pittsburgh Pirates gave a contract**
 * to him.**


 * **He experienced frustration with racial color when he was with the Pittsburgh**
 * Pirates. That included his teammates was mad at him.**

http://www.biography.com/people/roberto-clemente-9250805

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 * **He had struggles with injuries and language in different states.**
 * **In 1960 he batted .314 with 16 home runs and 94 RBIs to earn his first**
 * All Star Berth and help Pittsburgh win the World Series.**


 * **He won his first 12 consecutive Golden Glove Award.**

http://www.factmonster.com/biography/var/robertoclemente.html


 * **Clemente brought the supplies in a plane to bring to Nicaragua which they were**
 * having a earthquake.**


 * **On December 31, 1972 He died in a plane crash and it got crashed in the ocean.**


 * **The next year he was in the baseball Hall of Fame becoming the first Hispanic member.**

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1149087-21-facts-you-may-not-know-about-roberto-clemente-on-the-anniversary-of-his-debut


 * **The plane that he was on was a four engine DC-7plane. It had mechanical problems**
 * and it was overloaded by 4,200 pounds. The plane crashed in the Atlantic ocean**
 * immediately after take off from the coast Isla Verde.**