Describes his childhood in Puerto Rico, major league career, humanitarian efforts, tragic death, and his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Presents a children's illustrated biography of baseball great Roberto Clemente who played for the Pittsburg Pirates from 1955 until his untimely death in an airplane crash in 1972.
A little boy named Clemente is proud to learn about the life, career, and charitable work of his namesake, baseball great Roberto Clemente, the first Latin American player inducted into the Hall of Fame.
A little boy named Clemente is proud to learn about the life, career, and charitable work of his namesake, baseball great Roberto Clemente, the first Latin American player inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Highlights the life, career, and legacy of Major League Baseball star Roberto Clemente. Includes statistics, key dates, a glossary, a website for further information, and photographs.
Roberto Clemente intimidated major leage pitchers for eighteen seasons, compiling three thousand hits. Bue what Clemente did off the baseball field made him equally great. One of the first sports stars to realize that the power of sports could be used to transform thousands of lives he would give his own life when the plane he was on crashed in the Atlantic Ocean as he was trying to deliver supplies to earthquake-sticken Nicaragua in 1972.
