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Clemente demonstrated interest in baseball early in his life and often played against neighboring barrios.

He studied at Vizcarondo High School, a public school located in Carolina.

One day during his freshman year, Roberto was playing in Barrio San Anton when a part-time employee of the Sello Rojo Rice Company happened to drive by.

Stopping for a closer look, Roberto Marin liked what he saw and promptly recruited Clemente to play softball with the Sello Rojo Team.

He was with the team two years, playing shortstop.

Clemente joined Puerto Rico's amateur baseball league when he was sixteen years old ; while there, he played for the Ferdinand Juncos team, which represented the municipality of Juncos.