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Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron

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Born: February 5, 1934

Died: January 22, 2021

"Trying to throw a baseball by Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster."

- Curt Simmons

(Sugar, Bert Randolph. The Book of Sports Quotes. Quick Fox Publishing, New York. 1979. Page 59)

Baseball Cards from the Collection of Jason A. Schwartz @HeavyJ28

Sandy Koufax about Hank Aaron

"For me he was the toughest out. Everybody else, I had a plan.

It may not work, but I knew what I was going to try and do that day.

But Henry, I just never, never figured out what I was going to do."
ESPNClassic's SportsCentury