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Roberto Clemente

"The Great One"
The person in history I'd most like to meet would be Roberto Clemente. Roberto Clemente was born in Barrio San Anton in Carolina, Puerto Rico, on August 18, 1934. Clemente was the youngest of seven children. Growing up Clemente did extremely well in track and field, winning medals in the javelin throw and short distance races. However, his real love was baseball. I would have wanted to meet Clemente because he was the ultimate athlete, a hard worker, and humanitarian.
Clemente established his work ethic from a young age by watching his mother and father. Luisa, Clemente's mother, worked two jobs, washing laundry and running a sugar plantation market. Melchor, his father, also worked in the sugarcane fields and as a grocery store manager to provide for his seven children. Clemente would occasionally help his father load and unload trucks. Wanting a bicycle so badly Clemente once worked for seven cents a week until he could afford the bicycle. This same work ethic......


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