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1966 National League Most Valuable Player Award, 15 
All Star selections (1960–1967, 1969–1972), 12 consecu-
tive Gold Glove Awards (1961–1972), 4 National Batting 
Titles (1961, 1963–1965, 1967, 1969), and hit the only 
walk-off, inside-the-park grand slam home run in profes-
sional baseball history on July 25, 1956; 
Whereas Roberto Clemente became the first Latin American 
ballplayer to reach 3,000 career hits on September 30, 
1972; 
Whereas Roberto Clemente enlisted into the United States 
Marine Corps in 1958, and served as an infantryman for 
6 years until 1964, when he was honorably discharged; 
Whereas Roberto Clemente embodied the values of a model 
citizen through his acts of service and humanitarian ef-
forts toward those in need, regardless of their location; 
Whereas Roberto Clemente was on his way to selflessly pro-
vide humanitarian aid to earthquake-ridden Nicaragua 
when he died; 
Whereas the plane that Roberto Clemente was on crashed 
into the ocean shortly after taking off from Isla Verde 
International Airport/Aeropuerto Internacional de Isla 
Verde on December 31, 1972; 
Whereas Roberto Clemente was only 38 years old when he 
passed away; 
Whereas Roberto Clemente was the first Puerto Rican in-
ducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973; 
Whereas Buenaventura Boulevard was designated as the Ro-
berto Clemente Memorial Roadway by the Osceola Coun-
ty Board of County Commissioners in 2015; 
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Whereas Stonewall Jackson Middle School was renamed Ro-
berto Clemente Middle School by the Orange County 
School Board in September 2020; 
Whereas Stonewall Jackson Road, a mile-long stretch of road 
off of Semoran Boulevard, was renamed for Roberto 
Clemente by the Orlando City Council in June 2021; 
Whereas a portion of Route 21 in Newark was designated as 
the Roberto Clemente Memorial Highway by the New 
Jersey Legislature in June 2016; 
Whereas the Paterson School District, the City of Paterson, 
and New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation inau-
gurated the New Roberto Clemente Middle School in 
April 2005; 
Whereas the Paterson School District designated an elemen-
tary school the Roberto Clemente Elementary School in 
September 1975; 
Whereas the Newark Board of Education designated an ele-
mentary school the Roberto Clemente Elementary School; 
Whereas The Roberto Clemente Little League in Branch 
Brook Park in Newark, New Jersey, is named in his 
honor; 
Whereas Roberto Clemente was posthumously awarded the 
Presidential Medal of Freedom, Presidential Citizens 
Medal, and the Congressional Gold Medal for his civic 
and charitable contributions; and 
Whereas the crash site in the adjacent area to Playa Aviones 
in the municipality of Loı´za, Puerto Rico, was the last 
place where Roberto Clemente graced this world 49 years 
ago: Now, therefore, be it 
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Resolved, That the House of Representatives requests 
that the Secretary of the Interior recognize the crash site 
of Roberto Clemente’s airplane and the adjacent land by 
adding the site to the National Register of Historic Places. 
Æ 
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