Timeline of Hank Aaron’s life and career
From a baseball career that started in the Negro Leagues to earning the Presidential Honor of Freedom, Aaron made an impact on American sports and society.
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Hank Aaron accepts a champagne bucket at a luncheon in his honor in Milwaukee on Nov. 25, 1957, after winning the National League’s MVP award.
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Baseball legend Hank Aaron died Friday at age 86. Here is a timeline of his life and career.
1934: Born on Feb. 5 in a section of Mobile, Alabama, known as “Down The Bay.”
1951: Signs at age 17 with the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League, where he plays shortstop and draws the attention of major league scouts.
Former WSB-TV sports director Chuck Dowdle interviewed Braves legend Hank Aaron dozens of times. He shares his memories of Aaron with GPB s Rikki Klaus.
Hank Aaron smashed baseballs and he smashed racial barriers. The Atlanta Braves legend and American icon died Friday at the age of 86.
Aaron broke Babe Ruth s all-time home run record in 1974 a once-unimaginable baseball feat and held the record for more than three decades. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1982, having finished his career with 755 home runs.
“Those moments that I had back then taught me a lesson, Aaron once told GPB. “No matter what you take for granted, you try to do the very best you could to be sure that you made things worthwhile.”
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communications for the past 20 hours, you re bound to know that george herman ruth ceased to be the greatest home-run hitter at about 9:00 p.m. last night. hank aaron. let s go back to that day april 8th, just a fascinating day. you hit the home run, okay, and it s going toward left center field, atlanta county stadium, al downing is the pitcher. you re running toward first base. let s just stop right there. what do you think about when you re going to first base? not much of anything. i think when i touched first base and when i got almost to second base, i started thinking about i started thinking about isn t this wonderful that here i am, the third oldest child of estella and herbert aaron, and the two of them is sitting in the stand watching me, their son, play professional baseball. isn t it wonderful that they