This site is 100% ad supported. Please add an exception to adblock for this site.

Roberto Walker Clemente (Pattern Puzzle 1)

Terms

undefined, object
copy deck
Roberto Walker Clemente was baorn in Bario San Anton in Puerto Rico on August 18, 1934.
2
The youngest of four children, Roberto excelled in track and field, winning medals in the javelin throw and short distance races.
3
However, his real love
was baseball.
4
He played amateur baseball and soon went on to play with the Santurce Crabbers in the Puerto Rican Winter League.
5
From Santurce he signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers and was assigned to play for their top associated team, the Montreal Royals.
6
Clemente joined the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1955, where he played his entire eighteen year Major League Baseball career from 1955 to 1972.
7
Roberto played in two World Series. He was the National League Batting Champion four times and was awarded twelve Gold Gloves.
8
On November 14, 1964, he married Vera Cristina Zabala in Puerto Rico.
10
They had three sons: Roberto Jr., Luis Roberto and Roberto Enrique.
11
Proud of his heritage, Roberto insisted that Vera give birth to all three sons in Puerto Rico.
12
The boys were six, five and two when their father met his untimely death.
13
Roberto's career ended tragically on December 31, 1972, when he died in an airplance crash on its way to Nicaragua.
14
The plane was taking food, clothing and medical supplies to earthquake stricken Nicaragua.
15
Vera and friends begged him not to take the trip due to poor weather, but Roberto was determined.
16
He was very angry that the previous supplies had not made it to the victims.
17
Roberto was going to personally see it it that the victims received the much needed supplies. Unfortunately, the plane wend down off the coast of Puerto Rico.
18
Roberto's bodywas neer found.
19
Just months after Roberto had joined an elite group of players with 3,000 hits, he was gone.
20
Roberto Walker Clemente (Pattern Puzzle 1)
0
Roberto's career ended tragically on December 31, 1972, when he died in an airplane crash on its way to Nicaragua.
14

Deck Info

20

permalink