Alabama NewsCenter — Alabama Native Hank Aaron, MLB Homer King From Ruth to Bonds, Dies at 86

Alabama News Center | January 23, 2021 @ 10:00 am

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By Laurence Arnold
Bloomberg

Alabama native Henry “Hank” Aaron, the Black baseball slugger who broke Babe Ruth’s career home-run mark in an American sports milestone imbued with racial significance and racist insults he never forgot, has died. He was 86.

Aaron died Friday, according to Major League Baseball. No cause was given.

More than a home-run hitter, the man known as “Hammerin’ Hank” also was skilled with the glove, earning a spot on lists of the game’s greatest all-around players. He saw himself as an heir to the civil-rights legacy of Jackie Robinson and aspired to live up to it during his baseball career and after.

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