Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and Marine (born 1934)

Roberto Clemente

Puerto Rican baseball player (1934–1972)

Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, primarily as a right fielder. On December 31st, 1972, Clemente was killed when his Douglas DC-7 airplane, which he had…