LC control no. | n 79109795 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | DiMaggio, Joe, 1914-1999 |
Variant(s) | DiMaggio, Joseph Paul, 1914-1999 Di Maggio, Joe, 1914-1999 Joltin' Joe, 1914-1999 Yankee Clipper, 1914-1999 |
Birth date | 19141125 |
Death date | 19990308 |
Place of birth | Martinez, Calif. |
Place of death | Hollywood, Fla. |
Field of activity | Baseball |
Affiliation | New York Yankees (Baseball team) |
Profession or occupation | Center fielders (Baseball) |
Found in | His Lucky to be a Yankee, 1946. Washington Post, March 9, 1999: obit. (died March 8, 1999; aged 84 years; Joltin' Joe has left and gone away) Biog. & geneal. mater index online, Feb. 13, 2002 (DiMaggio, Joe (1914- ); DiMaggio, Joe (1914-1999)) Brittanica online, Feb. 13, 2002 (DiMaggio, Joe; b. Nov. 25, 1914, Martinez, Calif.; d. March 8, 1999, Hollywood, Fla.) Biog. Index, Feb. 13, 2002 (DiMaggio, Joe, baseball player) Biog. resource center, Feb. 13, 2002 (Joe DiMaggio (American baseball player, 1914-1999); Also known as: Joseph Paul Di Maggio, Joltin' Joe, The Yankee Clipper, Joseph Paul DiMaggio) Amer. nat'l biog. online, Feb. 13, 2002 (DiMaggio, Joe (25 Nov. 1914-9 Mar. 1999) English Wikipedia website, viewed July 3, 2013 (Joseph Paul "Joe" DiMaggio; Nov. 25, 1914--Mar. 8, 1999), born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio, nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper", was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career for the New York Yankees. He is perhaps best known for his 56-game hitting streak (May 15-July 16, 1941), a record that still stands) |