ROBERTO CLEMENTE

BACKGROUND

• He is a Puerto Rican baseball player
• He played for the pirates as a right fielder
• He was born august 18, 1934
• He died at 38 years of age on december 31 1972

BASEBALL ACHIEVMENTS

• He led national league in batting four times
• He became the first hispanic player to reach 3000 hits
• He played in both 1960 and 1971 world series
• He also won the golden glove award for twelve years straight

CHARITY WORK

• He always played with kids who dont have the luxury of a glove
• He was a national hero in peurto rico
• He worked at hospitals in peurto rico and helped alot with that
• In fact he died in a plane wreck bringing people in peurto rico food who are less fortunate
• The people he was bringing food to people who survived the earthquake in nicaragua

WHY HE IS IMPORTANT

• He is an inspiration to hispanic kids who wanted to play baseball
• Not just baseball he was also setting a great example of how to be a great person
• He displayed that you can be any race and you canbe just as good as anyone else
• He is still prestigously honored with baseball fields named after him

HISPANIC MONTH

• It was once only celebrated in south america
• But later on progressed its way to america
• It is celebrated september 15th to october 15th

WHY WE CELEBRATE HISPANIC MONTH

• So we remember the people we talk about but dont really know who they are
• To know that they left a mark when they lived and they impacted their country
• So people understand more about the hispanic race

WHY CLEMENTE IS IDOLIZED

• He is looked up to as a hero because he accels at baseball
• He is also look at with genuine and pure respect from people
• He holds many records as the first hispanic person

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