ROBERTO CLEMENTE

EARLY DAYS

• Born: August 18, 1934 in Carolina, Puerto Rico
• Full name: Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker
• Played Little League Baseball

BASEBALL

• Started playing professional baseball after high school
• Roberto Clemente started playing on the Pittsburgh Pirates in
• Plays right field
• People say he has a gun of an arm

DEATH

• Roberto Clemente died delivering goods to Nicarogua
• The plane he was on crashed for technical difficulties
• Pilots body was found but not his
• Died: December 31, 1972

OTHER

• First Hispanic in the Hall of Fame
• Patron Saint of Baseball

OPINION

• I think Roberto Clemente was a hero. He died trying to help others.

" Anytime you have an opportunity to make a difference in this world and you don't, then you are wasting your time on this earth."
-Roberto Clemete