Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player. Born in Barrio San Antón in Carolina, Puerto Rico, Clemente grew up playing basketball ans softball. During high school he even excelled at track and field in high jump and javelin.

That said, he remained focused on baseball and began his professional career with the Cangrejeros de Santurce of the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League at eighteen. During his time with the team, he gained the attention of the Brooklyn Dodgers. However, Clemente ended up with the Pittsburgh Pirates, who drafted him after the 1954 season.

During his time with the Pirates, Clemente received numerous accolades for his work. He was the National League Most Valuable Player in 1966, the NL batting leader in four separate years, and won a Gold Glove Award for 12 consecutive seasons from 1961 through 1972. Additionally, Clemente became the first player from the Caribbean and Latin America to win a World Series as a starting position player and a World Series MVP Award.

In addition to his baseball career, Clemente was renowned for his charity work there it involved helping with distributing aid or working on youth sports for disenfranchised youth. Clemente continued his charity work until his untimely death in 1972.