Roberto Clemente was the first Latin American superstar in Major League Baseball. He was a legend in life and death, a baseball star, and a symbol of Latin American pride. ... While delivering supplies for victims of a Nicaraguan earthquake, Clemente died when his plane crashed off the coast of Puerto Rico.

Why is Roberto Clemente special?

Clemente was the first player from the Caribbean and Latin America to win a World Series as a starting position player (1960), to receive an NL MVP Award (1966), and to receive a World Series MVP Award (1971). Clemente was involved in charity work in Latin American and Caribbean countries during the off-seasons.

How did Roberto Clemente impact society?

Roberto Clemente was one of a kind. He contributed to major league baseball's successful integration of Latinx players long before the United States recoginized it needed to develop sensitivity for multiculturalism.