[Player File : Aaron, Hank, 1954- / compiled by the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, N.Y.].

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[Player File : Aaron, Hank, 1954- / compiled by the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, N.Y.].

Player file includes material documenting his baseball career and personal life. These items include newspaper and magazine articles, biographical material, press releases, copies of original documents and other sundry items. File contents: folder one (1956-1972); folder two (1973); folder three (1974, includes breaking home run record); folder four (1974, includes breaking home run record); folder five (1975- ); folder six (statistics and misc. articles); folder seven (press releases); and folder eight (Baseball Hall of Fame and disposition of 715th home runs artifacts).

Eight folders.

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Aaron, Hank, 1934-2021

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Hank Aaron (born Henry Louis Aaron, February 5, 1934, Mobile, Alabama-died January 22, 2021, Atlanta, Georgia) was the son of Estella Aaron and Herbert Aaron. He attended Central High School in Mobile, Alabama and transferred to the private Josephine Allen Institute, where he graduated in 1951. While finishing high school, Aaron played for the Mobile Black Bears, a semi-professional Negro league baseball team. In 1951, Aaron signed with the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League, wh...