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Classic Sports Card of The Day

14 Jul

Baseball card of a Hall of Fame legend, the late Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Clemente’s career lasted 18 seasons, all played with the Pirates. He won 12 Gold Glove Awards for fielding and was a 12 time all-star, and was voted the National League MVP in 1966. He was the key player on 2 Pittsburgh World Series winning teams, in 1960 and 1971. Clemente died in an airplane crash in 1972 while helping deliver supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua, and he was posthumously elected to the Hall of Fame in 1973, with the Hall waiving the customary five year waiting period for election.

 

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