Presentation about the life of Joe DiMaggio that includes his early life, his early career, his work in the New York Yankees, his retirement, his achievements, his personnal life and his death and legacy.
• Joseph Paul DiMaggio
• November 25, 1914: Martinez, California
• 8th child of nine: Giuseppe and Rosalie Dimaggio (Italian immigrants moved from Sicily to California in 1898)
• Lived in North Beach, San Francisco (predominantly Italian neighborhood)
• Father: fisherman like generations before him
• No interest in fishing (smell of fish nauseated him)
• Two brothers (Vince and Dom) who were also major league center fielders
• Coming from a poor immigrant fisherman’s background, popular image of the personification of the American
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