Two baseball greats whose careers ended tragically, Roy Campanella and the late Roberto Clemente, each of whom already occupies baseball’s Hall of Fame, are named today with twelve others to the Black Athlete’s Hall of Fame. The formal induction ceremony will come on March 13th of next year.

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On ,December 11 1974 — Two baseball greats whose careers ended tragically, Roy Campanella and the late Roberto Clemente, each of whom already occupies baseball’s Hall of Fame, are named today with twelve others to the Black Athlete’s Hall of Fame. The formal induction ceremony will come on March 13th of next year.

 

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