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DiMaggio, Joseph Paul Jr. (Joe; Joltin' Joe, the Yankee Clipper)
US baseball player
played for New York Yankees 1936-1942, 1946-1951
1st rookie ever to start in an All-Star Game 1936
led American League in home runs 1937, 1948
American League MVP 1939, 1941, 1947
set major-league record 1941 by hitting safely in 56 consecutive games
1st husband of Marilyn Monroe 1954 (divorced 1954)
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- "One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this."
