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Aaron, Hank, 1934-2021

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Personal name headingAaron, Hank, 1934-2021
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Variant(s)Aaron, Hank, 1934-
Aaron, Henry, 1934-2021
Aaron, Henry Louis, 1934-2021
Bad Henry (Baseball player), 1934-2021
Hammer (Baseball player), 1934-2021
Hammerin' Hank (Baseball player), 1934-2021
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedAtlanta (Ga.)
Birth date1934-02-05
Death date2021-01-22
Place of birthMobile (Ala.)
Place of deathAtlanta (Ga.)
AffiliationBoston Braves (Baseball team) Indianapolis Clowns (Baseball Team) Negro American League
Profession or occupationBaseball players Civil rights workers
Found inThe Hank Aaron story, 1961.
I had a hammer, c1991: title page (Henry Aaron; Hank Aaron)
Wikipedia, via WWW, Oct. 19, 2011 (b. Feb. 5, 1934 in Mobile, Alabama; retired American major league baseball player)
Answers.com, via WWW, Oct. 19, 2011 (lives near Atlanta with wife and family)
Wikipedia, 18 July 2012: List of baseball nicknames page (Hank Aaron: Hammer, Hammerin' Hank, or Bad Henry)
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum WWW site, July 18, 2012: Hank Aaron entry (Henry Louis Aaron; b. Feb. 5, 1934, Mobile, Ala.; elected to the Hall of Fame by Baseball Writers in 1982)
   <http://baseballhall.org/hof/aaron-hank>
African American National Biography, accessed October 11, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Aaron, Hank; Henry Aaron; baseball player; born 05 February 1934 in Mobile, Alabama, United States; plaid for the Indianapolis Clowns in the Negro American League; the Major League Boston Braves purchased his contract from the Clowns (1952); won the job permanently (1954); began wearing number forty-four, the number he made famous (1955); had his best year ever (1957); the Braves defeated the New York Yankees to take the World Series, he won the National League's Most Valuable Player award; used his place in the spotlight to press for greater equality; stressed the need for more African American managers and executives; endorsed a trade to the American League Milwaukee Brewers (1975) and after two seasons he retired with 755 home runs; his home run record lasted for 33 years until August 2007 when Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants struck his 756th home run; became Boston Braves executive (1977); worked to eliminate racial barriers in sports through partnerships with the NAACP, Operation PUSH, and Big Brothers/Big Sisters)
Washingtonpost.com, viewed January 22, 2021 (died January 22, 2021, Atlanta) https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/hank-aaron-dead/2021/01/22/2d11719a-5cc6-11eb-b8bd-ee36b1cd18bf_story.html
Associated languageeng