Seitz Cuatro El cinco de octubre Roberto Clemente Roberto Clemente was born on August 18, 1934 in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Clemente’s family was poor and he was the youngest of seven children. His father, Melchor Clemente, worked as a foreman on a sugarcane planation and his mother, Luisa Clemente, ran a grocery store for plantation workers. To earn money for his family he worked alongside his father and took other jobs like delivering milk. Clemente began playing baseball with other neighborhood
Roberto Clemente Walker was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico on August 18, 1934. He was the youngest of 7 children. He went to Julio C Vizarrondo High School. Roberto helped contribute to his family by helping his father load shoves into construction trucks. He used the money he made to buy a bike and rubber balls. He used the balls to strengthen his hands by squeezing them. People noticed he had strong hands and an athletic ability at an early age. One of his favorite players growing up was Monte
Ricans, baseball. Clemente was a hero in Puerto RIco and across Latin America because of his success in the best professional baseball league in the world. Clemente was also known for his charity work, especially back at home in Puerto Rico. Ironically Clemente died when his plane in an effort to aid the people of Managua, Nicaragua after an earthquake (Parker chapter 3). Had Clemente not died at the age of 38, his influence would have surely been greater than it already was. Clemente understood the