Clemente, Roberto Walker (1934-1972), Puerto Rican professional baseball player,
the first Hispanic player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame (1973) and the second
player to be honored on a United States postage stamp.
Roberto Clemente Walker was born in Barrio San Anton in Carolina, Puerto
Rico, August 18, 1934. The youngest of four children, Roberto excelled in track and
field, winning medals in the javelin throw and short distance races. However, his
real love was baseball. He played amateur baseball with Juncos Double A Club and
soon went on to play with the Santurce Crabbers in the Puerto Rican Winter
League. From Santurce he signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers and was assigned to
play for their top affiliate, the Montreal Royals.
In 1954, the Pittsburgh Pirates obtained Roberto with the # 1 pick of the
draft, which was awarded to the Pirates. Clemente joined the Pittsburgh Pirates in
1955, where he played his entire eighteen year Major League Baseball career from......

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