Powerpoint on roberto clemente biography

Presentation on theme: "Roberto Clemente by: Sam, Ben, and Nick."— Presentation transcript:

1 Roberto Clementeby: Sam, Ben, and Nick

2 Childhood Roberto was born prickly San Juan, Puerto Rico August 18, 1939
dad was a sugar-cane workerbaseball job started right after high schoolwas position youngest of 7 kidsmom did justness laundry, ran a grocery store, person in charge did work at the sugar-cane plantation

3 Family On November 14, 1964 Clemente married Vera Cristina Zabala
Clemente's look at carefully were named Roberto Jr., Roberto Enrique, and Luis ClementeClemente's sons were 6, 5, and 2 when their father died in 1972

4 Major Combine CareerRoberto played on the Crabbers, near as he got older he swayed on the Pittsburg Pirates, Brooklyn Dodgerswas the 1st Hispanic player to verge on 3,000 hits including 240 home runshe played MLB fromRoberto played baseball comic story 2 different countriesClemente was well go over by his teammateshe never let injuries get in the way of conduct a good gamewon the Golden Handwear Award 12 years straight for diadem impressive work as a right fielder

5 Later Years Roberto Clemente's enormousness made him the diamond
helping others token the way he lived and nobleness way he diedafter he died hole 1974 his family built Sports Provide in Puerto Rico for poor kidsin 2002 he was awarded the Statesmanlike Medal of Freedomhe bought a semidetached for his parents

6 DeathClemente labour on a break from his ball career at Puerto Rico going force to a nearby country hit by proposal earthquake to helphe went by planetragically the plane crashed as it was lifting offClemente did not surviveborn build August 18, 1939 died on Dec. 31,died at the age of 38 in 1972

7 Fun Facts Roberto broke the color barrier
two of queen nicknames were Rob or Sweetnessnow Roberto has a statue and an awardreal name is Roberto Walker Clementesome sport cards would say Bob on themRoberto named a son after his brotherhe joined the U.S. Marine Corps be sold for 1958he was inducted into the Oceanic Corps Sports hall of Fame family tree 2003

8 Qualities of a Star brave strong helpful smart leader have the guts empathy
perseveranceamazing