Joe dimaggio brief biography
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Joe DiMaggio
Joseph Paul DiMaggio[a] (November 25, - March 8, ) was an American Major League Baseballcenter fielder who played his whole career for the New York Yankees. His nicknames were Joltin' Joe and The Yankee Clipper. He played from to and then joined the army in because of World War II. He came back and began playing again in until his retirement in at the age of By the time he retired he had hit home runs. He hit almost one home run for every strikeout. DiMaggio died on the 8th of March, , of lung cancer. He is widely regarded as one of the best baseball players of all time. DiMaggio was also well known for his marriage and lifelong devotion to Marilyn Monroe.
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Who Was Joe DiMaggio?
Professional baseball player Joe DiMaggio started and ended his Major League career with the New York Yankees. Between and , DiMaggio helped lead the Yankees to nine World Series titles, earning widespread fame for his record game hitting streak in Following his retirement in , DiMaggio was briefly married to Marilyn Monroe and elected to the Hall of Fame in
Early Life
DiMaggio was born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio on November 25, , in Martinez, California. He was the eighth child of Giuseppe and Rosalie DiMaggio, Italian immigrants who moved from Sicily to California in The family then relocated to North Beach, a predominantly Italian neighborhood in San Francisco, about a year after DiMaggio's birth.
DiMaggio's father, like generations of DiMaggios before him, was a fisherman, and he fervently wished for his sons to join him in his trade. While DiMaggio never had any interest in fishing, his upbringing as the son of a poor immigrant fish
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Joe DiMaggio
Joe DiMaggio was a cultural icon.
He married Hollywood starlets Marilyn Monroe and Dorothy Arnold and he was immortalized in Paul Simon’s hit song Mrs. Robinson; to a generation he was the face of Mister kaffe, and he was regarded as one of the greatest players who ever played the game.
He was an American hero.
Hall of Fame teammate Phil Rizzuto recalled: "There was an aura about him. He walked like no one else walked. He did things so easily. He was immaculate in everything he did. Kings of State wanted to meet him and be with him. He carried himself so well. He could fit in any place in the world.”
On the ball field Joe DiMaggio could do it all. He could hit for average and power and patrolled center field in Yankee Stadium so gracefully that he earned the nickname “The Yankee Clipper”, a reference to the great sailing ship.
Hall of Famer owner and manager Connie Mack called him “the best player that ever lived”, and longtime teammate Yogi Berra said: “I