Hank Aaron Aaron led the league in runs (115), hits (208), doubles (36), RBI (125), total bases (338), and batting average (.362). He won the league's Most Valuable Player Award. and had such a dominant year that one sportswriter was prompted to say, "Henry Aaron led the league in everything except hotel accommodations." Aaron's time with the Braves did not come without problems. He was one of the first African Americans to play in the league. The 1950s were a period of racial segregation in parts of the United States, especially the southeastern portion of the country. When Aaron traveled around Jacksonville,
Aaron S. Zelman addition, he produced and co-produced films on the subject. Zelman was born March 4, 1946 in Massachusetts, and reared in Tucson, Arizona, by his grandmother. He served in the U.S. Navy as a medic to Marines (Fleet Marine Force Medic, Third Marine Air Wing), working as a psychiatric unit assistant to returning Vietnam War veterans. After different sales jobs, and work as a gun dealer, he ultimately settled in Wisconsin. Zelman was survived by his wife and two sons. One son later died from complications of Marfan syndrome. Anti-Defamation League Aaron S. Zelman Aaron S. Zelman (March 4, 1946 -