Hipolito Arenas | |
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Born: Tampa, Florida, US | August 13, 1907|
Died: December 28, 1995 Tampa, Florida, US | (aged 88)|
Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1932, for the Atlanta Black Crackers | |
Last appearance | |
1932, for the Atlanta Black Crackers | |
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Hipolito Kanterra Arenas, Sr. (August 13, 1907 – December 28, 1995),[1] nicknamed "Torrento", was a Negro league baseball player. Arenas grew up in Tampa, Florida,[2] but also spent time in Ybor City, Florida.[3] He would climb from local teams to the Negro leagues.[4] Arenas played for the Atlanta Black Crackers from 1928 to 1929,[5] and for the New York Cubans in 1930.[5]
Arenas was born in 1907, in Tampa to Manuel and Facunda Arenas, both of which had immigrated to the United States from Cuba with their, at the time, 3 children. He was the second youngest out of 5 children, having 3 older sisters, Ynes, Theodora, and Juliana, and a younger brother, Cresencio.[6] He worked for the Tampa Gas Company after his career in the Negro league.[7] He married Erma Dancil,[8][9] and had 5 children; Cecelia, Hipolito Jr., Jorge, Manuel, and Albert.[10][11] He died December 28th of 1995, and is buried in Tampa's Rest Haven Memorial Park.[12][13][14]
In earlier documentation, Arenas's ethnicity was listed as "mulatto", with later references listing him as black.[6][11]