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Mar 9, 1999 · He was 84 years old. DiMaggio died shortly after midnight, nearly five months after undergoing surgery for cancer of the lungs. He had spent 99 days in the hospital while battling lung infections...
Joseph Paul DiMaggio was an exceptional center fielder who played his entire 13-year Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees. He was nicknamed "Joltin' Joe," "The Yankee Clipper," and...
Nov 20, 2022 · Joe DiMaggio has great expectations for baby Joseph Paul DiMaggio III, who holds a miniature bat as his mother Dorothy watches, on Dec. 18, 1941, in their New York home.
Joseph Paul "Joltin' Joe, Yankee Clipper" DiMaggio New York Yankees, 1936-1942 New York Yankees, 1946-1951 Joe DiMaggio was a hero to Yankees fans and a cultural icon outside the lines.
- Who Was Joe DiMaggio?
- Early Life
- Early Career
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- Personal Life
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Professional baseball player Joe DiMaggio started and ended his Major League career with the New York Yankees. Between 1936 and 1951, DiMaggio helped lead the Yankees to nine World Series titles, earning widespread fame for his record 56-game hitting streak in 1941. Following his retirement in 1951, DiMaggio was briefly married to Marilyn Monroe an...
DiMaggio was born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio on November 25, 1914, in Martinez, California. He was the eighth child of Giuseppe and Rosalie DiMaggio, Italian immigrants who moved from Sicily to California in 1898. The family then relocated to North Beach, a predominantly Italian neighborhood in San Francisco, about a year after DiMaggio's birth. DiMag...
Instead of following his father onto his fishing boat, DiMaggio followed his older brother Vince onto San Francisco's sandlot baseball fields, where he quickly distinguished himself as something of a playground legend. In 1930, at the age of 16, DiMaggio dropped out of Galileo High School to dedicate his life to baseball. He played daily at what wa...
During that first full season with the Seals, DiMaggio batted .340 with 28 home runs and put together a 61-game hitting streak. After two more spectacular seasons with the Seals, in which he hit .341 and .398, DiMaggio got his shot at the majors when he was sold to the New York Yankees for $25,000 and five players. "I would like to thank the good L...
DiMaggio forsook three of the prime years of his career to serve in the United States Army during World War II. Although he spent the majority of his three-year enlistment in the United States, playing baseball for the Seventh Army Air Force Team and serving as a physical training instructor, his presence in the armed forces provided a boost to mil...
DiMaggio married Dorothy Arnold in 1939, and they had a son, Joe III, before divorcing after five years of marriage. Then, in 1952, the year after he retired from baseball, DiMaggio met actress Marilyn Monroeand fell madly in love with her, beginning one of the most high-profile romances in American history. After an 18-month courtship, DiMaggio an...
During his long and peaceful retirement, DiMaggio remained very much a public figure by appearing as a radio and television spokesman for various products. He passed away on March 8, 1999, from complications of lung cancer at the age of 84. DiMaggio is one of those rare athletic heroes whose legacies transcend sports to symbolize aspects of history...
Joe DiMaggio, whose career in a Yankees’ uniform left its mark on American culture, died on March 8, 1999 in Hollywood, Fla. He was 84. The death of one of baseball’s most legendary players came about a month before he had hoped to throw out the first pitch for the Yankees.
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November: On the 25th of November, Joseph Paul DiMaggio is born in Martinez, California. He is the eighth of nine children of Giuseppe and Rosalie DiMaggio, a Sicilian couple who immigrated...
