Tragedy is no stranger to the sports world as fans have mourned the deaths of many players and coaches in plane and ...

it's a hero's death. A lot of athletes do wonderful things – but they don't die doing it," says former teammate Steve Blass about Roberto Clemente on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series.

He introduced Roberto Clemente Commemorative Coin Act in January Clemente played 18 seasons for the Pirates between 1955 and 1972, recording exactly 3,000 hits. He died on New Year's Eve 1972 in a ...

The youngest of seven children, Roberto Clemente grew up in a tight-knit, humble, but proud Puerto Rican family. His tragic death left behind his wife, Vera, three young sons, Roberto Jr., Luis ...

one of the late Roberto and Vera Clemente’s three sons. While Clemente’s death was cause for mourning, his 3,000th hit was a landmark moment in the history of the game. About 20,000 people ...

The two NASCAR drivers died a little more than three months ... Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder and 15-time MLB All-Star Roberto Clemente was killed in a plane crash on Dec. 31, 1972, on his way ...

Two-time Cy Young award winning pitcher Roy Halladay died Nov. 7, 2017, when his single-engine plane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. Halladay, who retired after the 2013 MLB season with 203 wins ...