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National League M.V.P, 12 golden gloves, 3000 career hits, and the first Latin American to be elected hall of fame even though it happened after his death. Roberto Clemente held the #21 jersey for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1954 to 1972. His death was unexpected when the plane he was in crashed off the coast of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Roberto Clemente was sometimes better known as, “The Great One”(Paul, 63). August 18, 1934, this was the day that a future legend named Roberto Clemente Walker would be born in San Anton Barrio in Carolina, Puerto Rico (Buckley, 15). He was the youngest in his family raised around one sister, one half sister, three brothers, and one half brother (Buckley, 26). While being raised throughout childhood in San Anton, which was a poor community, Roberto looked up to his father as a role model (Buckley, 22). Three years of Roberto’s childhood was used to save money by lugging heavy metal milk a half-mile one way and a half-mile back (Buckley, 27).
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