Roberto Clemente
A Life
Early Life
Choices and Results
In His Words
“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth.” -Roberto Clemente . "My greatest satisfaction comes from helping to erase the old opinion about Latin Americans and blacks," -Roberto Clemente
"I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all I had to give" Roberto Clemente
How he Died
Aftermath
Words for him
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""Clemente was our Jackie Robinson," said Puerto Rican journalist Luis Mayoral. "He was on a crusade to show the American public what a Hispanic man, a black Hispanic man, was capable of." Robinson had broken baseball's color bar in 1947 with the Dodgers. Clemente was not baseball's first Hispanic player - others such as Minnie Minoso preceded him--but he was the first to make a major impact on the game."
· : "Vera, saying: "He fell into the water so that his spirit could be carried by the ocean to more places"
Legacy
How he contributed to society
Sources
1. http://pearsonbats.com/ - I used this link to find the picture of baseball bats. I needed it to show his early life Vatz, Richard E., and Lee S. Weinberg.
2. "Saluting Pittsburgh's finest." USA Today July 2008: 52+. Biography in ContI- I used this to find some of my information in my poster. this was very crucial to my poster
3. 'Clemente' Tells Story of a True Baseball Hero." Weekend Edition Sunday 30 Apr. 2006. Biography in Context. Web. I used this to get some of my information. This helped me find his early life stuff
4. http://www.brainyquote.com/search_results.html?q=roberto+clemente I used this site to help me find some quotes to put in my poster. I got a lot of useful quotes out of this
5. Machosky, Michael. "Clemente family publishes loving tribute of 'Undying Hero'." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review [Pittsburgh, PA] 21 Sept. 2013. Biography in Context. Web. 6 May 2016 this was important because I learned that clemente was close to baseball as he was to being a saint
6. http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/puerto-rico/images/331529/title/aguadilla-beach-wallpaper I used this to get a picture of his early life. He was born in beautiful Puerto Ricco
7.http://www.adventurepilot.com/Default.aspx?tabid=125&destinationType=DestinationView&browsing=true&destinationID=4438 I used this link to find pirates stadium. The home of the pirates this is where Clemente played baseball
8. https://youtu.be/p2TUiyj3VC0 this is a video that summed down all of the words and is a great summery. If you want to learn more about Clemente click here
9. Maraniss, David. "The king of Beisbol: fifty years ago, superstar and humanitarian Roberto Clemente transcended baseball's borders." Smithsonian Apr. 2012: 56+. Biography in Context. Web. 7 May 2016. This helped me learn how he died and also where he died
10. Beschloss, Michael. "Double Outsider From Puerto Rico." New York Times 21 June 2015: 2(L). Biography in Context. Web. 7 May 2016. Helped me realise that he was one of the FIRST Peurto Ricans that played not only that but he was also inducted in the hall of fame