Roberto Clemente
My favorite player of all time, bar none! I have a cool collecting story related to him...
Maybe 10 years ago, I was involved in an REA auction for a ball signed by Puerto Rican players. Roberto was on it, as were Felix Millan, Sixto Lezcano, and a couple others. The REA caption stated there was an unidentified sixth signature, so I magnified it and worked on identifying it...
It turned out Vic Power had signed the ball in his true name, "Victor Pellot". I found a couple comparisons, confirmed it was Power/Pellot, and notified REA. They actually credited me online with the work! Now for the cool part...I bid on the ball, sweated it out, and WON. The ball has a place of honor in my collection!
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