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After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. He did not seek the adoration that is accorded to other national athletic heroes, yet he has now earned it.

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Vice President Gerald Ford made a speech.Back at the Atlanta home opener, nearly 54,000 fans greeted him. - BL-1565.81 (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)Atlanta Braves home uniform shirt #44 worn by Hank Aaron on April 8, 1974 when he broke Babe Ruth's career home run record with his 715th homer in the 4th inning vs. Los Angeles Dodgers - B-5.87 (Milo Stewart Jr./National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)Braves outfielder Hank Aaron in Atlanta, c. 1973 - BL-2911-73 (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)Milwaukee Braves star Hank Aaron follows through at the plate, c. 1964. Watch Queue Queue Background : Hank Aaron […] It made him hit better, he wrote. Sold by Amazon.com Services LLC. While the white Braves got to eat in restaurants in the South, the black players took their meals on the bus. I thought I'd never see the day," he writes. It was an incredible athletic accomplishment made even more incredible because it happened in the shadow of hate and death threats. He writes the flight terrified him: "I was a nervous wreck, bouncing around in the sky over a part of the country I'd hardly ever heard about, much less been to, headed for a white town to play ball with white boys.

On Sunday, Milwaukee native and Major League Baseball Commissioner Allan H. 'Bud' Selig will introduce 2012 Marquette University Commencement speaker and baseball legend Hank Aaron. Perhaps they knew skinniness could be fixed. Not all of them, but enough to make a difference … and we were part of the reason why." He was a consistent producer both at the plate and in the field, reaching the .300 mark in batting 14 times, 30 home runs 15 times, 90 RBI 16 times and captured three Gold Glove Awards en-route to 25 All-Star Game selections.Nineteen fifty-seven was arguably Aaron’s best season.

Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.com. It happens when a young man's diet is limited to what his family grew in their garden. By 1972, reporters started asking about breaking Babe Ruth's home run record. Ruth restored people’s faith in the game.As Aaron got within reach, a popular bumper sticker popped up around Atlanta that read "Aaron is Ruth-less." Quotations by Hank Aaron, American Athlete, Born February 5, 1934. Boxing legend Muhammad Ali once called Hank Aaron “The only man I idolize more than myself. Your Amazon Music account is currently associated with a different marketplace. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. "As the first black superstar playing on the first big league baseball team in the Deep South, he had been both demeaned and idolized in Atlanta." Aaron’s League Record The ‘Hammerin Hank’ set a league record with 755 home runs. At 14, Aaron made the decision to be a major league baseball player after hearing a speech by his hero Jackie Robinson, the African American player who integrated the major leagues. Hank Aaron Sports Motto Always Feeling I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you're inferior, it makes you wonder if the other guys have something you've never seen before. Check out Hall of Fame Induction Speech (6/8/82 - Cooperstown, NY) by Hank Aaron on Amazon Music. In his Hall of Fame initiation speech in 1982, Hank Aaron was humble enough to proclaim that he did not want Babe Ruth to be forgotten but to always be remembered him for his work.

'"In the scouting report, Southworth notes Aaron's strength is his "all around ability," but "his experience has been confined to sandlot and three months this year with the Indianapolis Clowns.

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