Roberto Clemente was a famous Puerto Rican baseball player who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was born in 1934 in Puerto Rico and had a childhood where he enjoyed playing baseball. As an adult, he became known for his baseball skills and for visiting sick children in hospitals. Unfortunately, Clemente died in a plane crash on December 31, 1972 at age 38 while attempting to deliver aid to victims of an earthquake in Nicaragua. He was the first Latin American player inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and continues to be remembered for his talent on the field and humanitarian work off the field.

1. BIOGRAPHY OF ROBERTO
CLEMENTE BY : ALEX MORTON
•BORN : AUGUST 18, 1934
•PLACE OF BIRTH:PUERTO RICO
•SIBLINGS: LUIS, MANTINO, ANDRES
, OSWALDO, ROSA,AND ANAELISE
•FATHER: MECHOLR CLEMENTE
•MOTHER: LUISA

2. CHILDHOOD
•DAD COULD NOT READ OR WRITE
•HAD INDOOR BATHROOM, WHICH WAS RARE
•PLAYED LOTS OF BASEBALL
• ACTIVE, LIKED BASEBALL
•DIDN’T LIKE TO BE INTERUPTED
•FAVORITE BASEBALL PLAYER: MONTE IRVIN
•WORKED IN THE SUGAR CANE FIELD WITH DAD
AND BROTHER

3. HOBBIES
•BASEBALL
•WORKING

4. SCHOOLS AND JOBS
• FERNANDEZ GRAMMER
ELEMENTRY SCHOOL AND JULIO
VIZCARROND HIGH SCHOOL
• WORKED IN FAMILY OWNED
STORE
• DELIVERED MILK TO NEIGHBORS

5. FAMOUS FOR
• PLAYING BASEBALL
• VISITING SICK KIDS IN HOSPITALS
• PLAYING HURT OR SICK
• INSPIRING TEAMATES
• BEST BASEBALL PLAYER OF ALL TIME
• 11TH PLAYER TO GET 3,000 HITS!
• 1ST HISPANIC TO BE IN THE HALL OF FAME
• 4 NATIONAL LEAUGE BATTING TITLES
• 12 TIME NATIONAL LEAGUE ALL STAR PLAYER

6. INJURIES AND
DISAPPOINTMENTS
• IN CAR ACCIDENT: INJURED BACK
CAUSED PAIN REST OF LIFE
• PLAYED IN MONTREAL: DID NOT KNOW
HOW TO SPEAK FRENCH
•UPSET: WASN’T VOTED IN MOST
VAULABLE PLAYER BY SPORTS WRITERS

7. DIED
• DECEMBER 31, 1972NEWS YEARS EVE

8. AGE WHEN DIED
38 YEARS OLD

9. HE WOULD OF CHANGED
GOING ON A DIFFERENT
PLANE TO HELP THE KIDS
ON NICARAGUA AFTER
EARTHQUAKE

10. WHAT PEOPLE SAID HE SHOULD
OF DONE …..
• WAS A GOOD RUNNER
SHOULD OF BEEN IN THE OLIMPICS
•DRAFTED BY PITTSBURGH PIRATES
•DIDN’T KNOW WHERE PITTSBURGH WAS
• IN THE MARINE CORPS RESERVES
• WROTE POETRY AND PLAYED THE ORGAN