Ukuzalwa:
URoberto Walker Clemente wazalelwa eBarrio San Anton e Carolina, ePuerto Rico ngo-Agasti 18, 1934.
Eyaziwayo kakhulu:
URoberto Clemente uyakhunjulwa namhlanje njengenye yeyona mdlalo efanelekileyo kunabo bonke abasemagqabini abalungileyo, kunye nenye yeengalo ezingcono kwi baseball. Ngokuqhelekileyo kuthiwa "Omkhulu," uClemente wayengumdlali wokuqala waseLatin waseMelika okhethwe kwiHolo yeFame .
Obomi bakwangoko:
URoberto Clemente wayengumncinci wabantwana abasixhenxe bakaMelchor noLuisa Clemente.
Uyise wayengumongameli kwintlanzi, kwaye unina wayegijimela ivenkile yokusebenzela abasebenzi. Intsapho yakhe yayimpofu, kwaye uClemente wasebenza kanzima njengomncinci, ehambisa ubisi kunye nokuthatha eminye imisebenzi engaqhelekanga ukuze athole imali eyongezelelweyo intsapho. Kwakusekho ixesha, nangona kunjalo, ngenxa yothando lwakhe lokuqala - i-baseball - eyayidlala kwi-sandlots yedolophu yasekhaya ePuerto Rico de wayeneminyaka elishumi elinesibhozo ubudala.
Ngowe-1952, uRoberto Clemente wabonwa yi-scout kwiqela le-hardball elaliyipolisi yasePuerto Rican yaseSermurce waza wenza isivumelwano. Wasayina kunye neqela leedola ezingama-40 ngenyanga, kunye nebhonasi engamakhulu amahlanu eebhonasi. Kungekudala ngaphambi kokuba uClemente athathe ingqalelo kwi-scouts ye-ligue kwaye, ngo-1954, wabhalisa kunye neLos Angeles Dodgers abamthumele kwiqela labo elincinci eMontreal.
Umsebenzi wezakhono:
Ngowe-1955, uRoberto Clemente wabhalwa yiPittsburgh Pirates waza waqala njengelungelo labo lokunene.
Kwathatha iminyaka embalwa ukuba afunde iindophi kwiilwimi ezinkulu, kodwa ngo-1960 uClemente wayengumdlali obalaseleyo kwi-baseball yezemfundo, ekuncedeni ukukhokela iiPirates ukuba ziphumelele i-National League pennant kunye ne-World Series.
Ubomi Bentsapho:
NgoNovemba 14, 1964, uRoberto Clemente watshata noVera Cristina Zabala e Carolina, ePuerto Rico.
Babenamadodana amathathu: uRoberto Jr, uLuis Roberto noRoberto Enrique, ngamnye ozelwe ePuerto Rico ukuze ahloniphe ilifa labo oyise. Amakhwenkwe ayeneminyaka emithandathu kuphela, ezintlanu nababini, ngokulandelana, xa uRoberto Clemente edibana nokufa kwakhe ngokungenangqondo ngo-1972.
Izibalo kunye neNcomelo:
URoberto Clemente wayenomdla wokubamba ubomi obunomdla we-.317, kwaye ungomnye wabadlali abambalwa abaqokelele ama-3,000. Wayeyindawo yamandla ukusuka kwiphandle, ukuphosa abadlali abangaphezu kwama-400. Iirekhodi zakhe zazingabandakanyeki bobuQhathiswa beNational League, iigidi ze-Gold Glove awards, i-National League MVP ngo-1966, kunye ne-World Series MVP ngo-1971, apho waxabela khona .414.
URoberto Clemente - No. 21:
Kungekudala emva kokuba uClemente ajoyine amaPirates, wakhetha uNombolo 21 ngomfaniswano wakhe. Amashumi amabini anesibini yayiyinani leetekisi egameni-uRoberto Clemente Walker. I-Pirates ithatha umhlala-phantsi kwinani layo ekuqaleni kwe-1973, kwaye udonga olufanelekileyo lwendawo kwiPNC yePirc's PNC liyizi-21 eziphakamileyo ngokuhlonipha uClemente.
Isiphelo esibuhlungu:
Ngokudabukisayo, ubomi bukaRoberto Clemente buphela ngomhla kaDisemba 31, 1972 kwintlungwini yendiza ngelixa beya eNicaragua ngeempahla zokunceda amaxhoba enyikima. Njalo uncedo, uClemente wayesezindiza ukuqinisekisa ukuba izambatho, ukutya kunye neenkonzo zonyango azizange zabiwe, njengoko zenzeke ngeenqwelo ezidlulileyo.
Inqwelo edibeneyo yehla ukusuka kummandla waseSan Juan emva nje kokuhamba, kunye nomzimba kaRoberto akazange ufumaneke.
Ngenxa yakhe "yezemidlalo evelelekileyo, i-civic, i-charity, kunye neminikelo yoluntu," uRoberto Clemente wanikezelwa iCongress of Gold Medal yi-United States Congress ngo-1973.