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DiMaggio's father was a fisherman and Joe was raised in a [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] family of nine children.
 
DiMaggio's father was a fisherman and Joe was raised in a [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] family of nine children.
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Surprisingly, and perhaps due to having a relatively short career, DiMaggio was not elected to the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in his first year of eligibility]], but was in his second eligible year.<ref>https://www.espn.com/sportscentury/features/00014151.html</ref>
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Surprisingly, and perhaps due to having a relatively short career, DiMaggio was not elected to the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in his first year of eligibility, but was in his second eligible year.<ref>https://www.espn.com/sportscentury/features/00014151.html</ref>
    
== Literature ==
 
== Literature ==
    
[[Ernest Hemingway]] refers to DiMaggio as an example of greatness in ''The Old Man and the Sea''.<ref>https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-great-joe-dimaggio-baseball-in-the-old-man-and-the-sea-symbolism-use.html</ref>
 
[[Ernest Hemingway]] refers to DiMaggio as an example of greatness in ''The Old Man and the Sea''.<ref>https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-great-joe-dimaggio-baseball-in-the-old-man-and-the-sea-symbolism-use.html</ref>
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== Mickey Mantle ==
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Joe DiMaggio was replaced by [[Mickey Mantle]] in center field for the Yankees, and DiMaggio disliked some of the attention later given to Mantle after both had retired.<ref>http://static.espn.go.com/mlb/s/dimaggiobookfirst.html</ref>
 
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