Pittsburgh Pirates' outfielder Roberto Clemente is seen, March 1968. (Anonymous/AP)
Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Roberto Clemente hits the ground with ball in glove after making a diving catch of ball hit by Brooklyn Dodgers Pee Wee Reese in second inning of twin bill opener at Ebbets Field, Sept. 29, 1956, Brooklyn, N.Y. The Dodgers won the first game 6-2 to go into a first place tie with Milwaukee Braves. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Roberto Clemente, Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder, shown in a posed portrait in 1957. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Pittsburgh Pirates' Roberto Clemente crosses home plate, April 18, 1959, after hitting a home run in the eighth inning. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
This series shows Pittsburgh Pirates' right fielder Roberto Clemente making a sensational backhanded catch of a long drive by Bobby Thomson of the Cubs, Aug. 19, 1958. Player in background at lower left is center fielder Bill Virdon. (AP)
Outfielder Roberto Clemente of the Pittsburg Pirates gets a combat helment from Maj. Luther Reedy in place of his baseball cap after being sworn into the Marine Corps, September 13, 1958 for six months of reserve training. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Pittsburgh's Roberto Clemente, the National League's leading hitter, shows Junior James, 9, where he likes to hit the ball, Sept. 25, 1961. (WFS/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Roberto Clemente, Pittsburgh Pirates baseball player, sits in an automobile with his bride, Vera Cristina Zabala, following their marriage in Carolina near San Juan, Puerto Rico on Saturday night, Nov. 16, 1964. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Roberto Clemente squeezed in a quick shave in the Pittsburgh Pirate dressing room, June 2, 1965, during a rain spell that interrupted the Pirates 4-0 victory over Philadelphia. It was the Pirates 12th straight victory, but at the time, the victory was still in doubt. A question mark Clemente squirted on the mirror with shaving cream. (Spencer Jones/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Pittsburgh Pirates Roberto Clemente, right, and Bill Mazeroski, holding out bats, were credited by their manager, Harry Walker, as the big guns behind the Pirates current winning streak, in Pittsburgh, June 11, 1965. (Spencer Jones/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Pittsburgh Pirates' outfielder Roberto Clemente, right, poses with National League president Warren Giles, Aug. 10, 1966, as he is presented with the silver bat and certificate for the National League Batting Championship of 1965. It is the second straight year Clemente has won the award. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Roberto Clemente outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, gets congratulated at home plate Friday night, Sept. 2, 1966 in Pittsburgh after getting his 2000th hit in his career. (Anonymous/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Roberto Clemente, baseball player with the Pittsburgh Pirates shown at bat in 1967. (Anonymous/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Pittsburgh's Roberto Clemente goes high on the fence to take a home run away from Willie Mays in sixth inning of game with San Francisco Giants on June 13, 1968. There were two Giants runners on base at the time. Pittsburgh won a slugfest 8-7. (RHH/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Pittsburgh Pirates' outfielder Roberto Clemente is seen, March 1968. (Anonymous/AP)
Roberto Clemente holds his son Roberto Jr. in his arms during ceremonies honoring the Pittsburgh Pirates superstar prior to the game with Houston in Pittsburgh, July 25, 1970. Also shown are Clemente's wife Vera and their two older sons Enrique, right, and Luis, left. (AP)
Roberto Clemente, left, holds son Enrico and greets wife, Vera, and sons Roberto Jr., center, and Luis at Shea Stadium, Sept. 25, 1971. (Farrell, Dan/New York Daily News)
Roberto Clemente, the World Series MVP joins wife, Vera, in sitting on hood of sports car given to Roberto by Sport Magazine. (Castoral, Frank/New York Daily News)
Roberto Clemente and his wife Vera pose with the automobile as he was honored on "Roberto Clemente Night,", Sept. 24, 1971 at New York's Shea Stadium. (Jack Kanthal/AP)
Pittsburgh Pirates rightfielder Roberto Clemente, right, heaves the ball out of play after he was safe on a infield error during first inning action of the Pittsburgh-New York game, Sept. 29, 1972. (Harry Cabluck/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Pittsburgh Pirates Roberto Clemente, left, and St. Louis cards, Joe Torre, center, chat with hall of famer Yogi Berra at the annual dinner of the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America, in New York, Jan 30, 1972. Clemente was honored as the outstanding player in the 71 world series while Torre was honored as player of the year. Berra was a dinner guest. (John Lent/AP)
Roberto Clemente is off to another brilliant start in his 17th season of the major leagues, May 14, 1970 in Pittsburgh. (Harry Cabluck/AP)
Roberto Clemente, outfielder with the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team, is photographed in 1971. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Pittsburgh Pirates star Roberto Clemente looks at New York Mets coach Yogi Berra's lineup for the game and, no Clemente playing, March 10, 1972 in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Harry Harris/AP)
Pittsburgh Pirates rightfielder Roberto Clemente, right, heaves the ball out of play after he was safe on a infield error during first inning action of the Pittsburgh-New York game, Sept. 29, 1972. (Harry Cabluck/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
New York Daily News front page on January 2, 1973. 'Air Crash Kills Buc' Clemente.' The baseball player had died on Dec. 31, 1972. (New York Daily News/New York Daily News)
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