Roberto Clemente

Biography

Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1955 to 1972. He became known as "the Great One" after his posthumous induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973, making him the first Latino and Caribbean player to be honored. Clemente's humanitarian efforts were also renowned, as he chartered a plane to deliver emergency relief goods to Nicaragua before his tragic death in 1972 at age 38.