Story: Roberto Clemente

Posted by admin on October 26, 2009 under Roberto Clemente Stories, Stories | Be the First to Comment

As a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team, Roberto Clemente racked up a list of super statistics. But if that’s all you know about him, you don’t really know what makes Roberto Clemente a hero. It’s more than MVP honors. It’s the quality of his life and his giving.

Raised in a loving family, he learned important values as a child that would guide him for the rest of his life. Work hard. Do the very best you can. Be humble. Always care about others.

And Clemente did care about others. For many years, even after becoming one of baseball’s great players, he would spend the off-season helping others with his time and energy as well as his money…

(Copyright – 50 American Heroes Every Kid Should Meet – Dr. Dennis Denenberg & Lorraine Roscoe – used with permission)