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Hank Aaron

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Quotations
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Hank Aaron Quotes
143 words, approx. 1 pages
It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course. It took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits, but I did it in one afternoon on the golf course. It took me seventeen years to get three thousand...


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Biography of Henry Louis (Hank) Aaron
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Henry Louis (Hank) Aaron (born 1934) was major league baseball's leading homerun hitter with a career total of 755 upon his retirement in 1976. He broke ground for the participation of African Americans in professional sports. Henry (Hank) Aaron was...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Aaron, Hank (1934—) Summary
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Atlanta Braves outfielder Hank Aaron was thrust onto the national stage in 1973 and 1974 when he threatened and then broke Babe Ruth's record of 714 home runs, one of the most hallowed records in all of American sports. In the mid-1970s,...
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Hank Aaron Information
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Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (born February 5, 1934 in Mobile, Alabama), nicknamed "Hammer", "Hammerin' Hank”, or "Bad Henry”, is a retired American baseball player whose Major League Baseball (MLB) career spanned from 1954 through 1976. After playing...


News and Journals
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The Washington Post
`Hank Aaron': He Was Robbed
04/22/1995: 730 words, approx. 2 pages
America has never been quite sure how to think about Henry Aaron. As the man who broke Babe Ruth's all-time home run record, he received equal amounts of adulation and hatred. He was never the man many fans wanted to break Ruth's record --...
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The Washington Post
President Salutes Hank Aaron
02/06/1999: 518 words, approx. 2 pages
President Clinton, far from the rancor and division on Capitol Hill, joined scores of political and sports luminaries tonight in a warmhearted 65th birthday bash for famed slugger Hank Aaron, who smashed Babe Ruth's record and racial barriers a quarter-century ago by becoming baseball's...
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AP News
Hank Aaron happy he avoided limelight
10/29/2007: 454 words, approx. 2 pages
Hank Aaron is happy he stayed away from Barry Bonds' home run chase. Speaking before Game 4 of the World Series on Sunday night, the former home run king said he avoided ballparks last summer because he didn't want to deal with daily questions about...
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Reuters North American News Service
Baseball-Rodriguez, Fielder win Hank Aaron awards
10/29/2007: 300 words, approx. 1 pages
DENVER, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees and the Milwaukee Brewers' Prince Fielder have been selected by fans as winners of the Hank Aaron Award, which honours the top offensive players in the National and American leagues. Nearly 400,000...
 


 

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