Ukuzalwa:
URoberto Walker Clemente wazalelwa eBarrio San Anton eCarolina, ePuerto Rico ngo-Agasti 18, 1934.
Okuwaziwa kakhulu:
URoberto Clemente ukhunjulwa namhlanje njengenye yezinsizakalo ezihamba kahle kakhulu zezemidlalo, enye yezingalo ezingcono kakhulu e-baseball. Ngokuvamile okuthiwa "Omkhulu," uClemente wayengumdlali wokuqala wokuqala waseLatin America okhethwe kwi-baseball Hall of Fame .
Isiqalo sokuphila:
URoberto Clemente wayengomncane kunazo zonke ezinganeni eziyisikhombisa zikaMelchor noLuisa Clemente.
Uyise wayengu-foreman emasimini, kanti unina wagijima esitolo esitolo sabasebenzi bezitshalo. Umndeni wakubo wawumpofu, kanti uClemente wasebenza kanzima esemncane, ehambisa ubisi futhi ethatha imisebenzi eminye ukuze azuze imali emndenini. Kwakukhona namanje isikhathi sothando lwakhe lokuqala - i-baseball - eyadlala kuma-sandlots edolobheni lakubo ePuerto Rico kuze kube yilapho eneminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalombili ubudala.
Ngo-1952, uRoberto Clemente ubonwe yi-scout evela eqenjini le-hardball elaliyidolobha lasePuerto Rican laseSalurce futhi lanikeza inkontileka. Wasayina neqembu ngamaRandi angama-40 ngenyanga, kanye nebhonasi engamakhulu amahlanu edoli. Kungakabiphi uClemente ebambe iqhaza lamagoli amakhulu, futhi ngo-1954 wabhalisa neLos Angeles Dodgers, abamthumelela eqenjini lakhe elincane iMontreal.
Umsebenzi Womsebenzi:
Ngo-1955, uRoberto Clemente wabhalwa yiPittsburgh Pirates futhi waqala njengelungelo lokuzikhandla.
Kuthatha iminyaka embalwa ukuba afunde izintambo ezinkulumeni ezinkulu, kodwa ngo-1960 uClemente wayengumdlali ovelele ku-baseball professional, eholayo ekuholeni amaPirates ukuba athole kokubili i-National League pennant ne-World Series.
Ukuphila Komndeni:
Ngo-November 14, 1964, uRoberto Clemente washada noVera Cristina Zabala eCarolina, ePuerto Rico.
Babenamadodana amathathu: uRoberto Jr., uLouis Roberto noRoberto Enrique, ngamunye owazalwa ePuerto Rico ukuze adumise ifa likayise. Abafana babeneminyaka eyisithupha kuphela, emihlanu nambili, ngokulandelana, ngenkathi uRoberto Clemente ehlangana nokufa kwakhe okungafiki ngo-1972.
Izibalo Nokuhlonipha:
URoberto Clemente ubenomdlavuza wokuphila wokumangalisayo we-life of .317, futhi ungomunye wabadlali abambalwa abaqoqe ama-3,000 hits. Wayengumthombo wamandla avela ngaphandle, ephonsa abadlali abangaphezu kwamamitha angu-400. Amarekhodi akhe siqu afaka phakathi koMncintiswano wezinkampani ezine zeNational League, imiklomelo eyishumi nambili yeGold Glove, i-National League MVP ngo-1966, ne-World Series MVP ngo-1971, lapho ahlamba khona .414.
URoberto Clemente - No. 21:
Ngemva nje kokuba uClemente ajoyine amaPirates, wakhetha u-No 21 ngomfaniswano wakhe. Amashumi amabili nanye kwakungenani lenani lezinhlamvu egameni-uRoberto Clemente Walker. I-Pirates yathatha umhlalaphansi wayo ekuqaleni konyaka ka-1973, kanti udonga olusemandleni ePark Pirates 'PNC Park liphakeme ngamamitha angu-21 ehlonipha uClemente.
Ukuphela Okubuhlungu:
Ngokudabukisayo, ukuphila kukaRoberto Clemente kwaphela ngo-December 31, 1972 ngesikhathi kushayiswa indiza ngenkathi beya eNicaragua ngezinsiza zokusiza izisulu zokuzamazama komhlaba. Ngaso sonke isikhathi umuntu osizayo, uClemente wayesezindiza ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izingubo, ukudla kanye nemithi yezokwelapha akubiwe, njengoba kwenzekile ngezindiza zangaphambilini.
Ibhanoyi lihlehlise ogwini laseSan Juan ngemva nje kokuhamba, kanti isidumbu sikaRoberto asitholakalanga.
Ngenxa yokuthi "umdlali wakhe ovelele, umphakathi, umsizi, neminikelo yokusiza," uRoberto Clemente wanikezwa i-Congressional Gold Medal yi-United States Congress ngo-1973.