Hank Aaron baseball scout Ed Scott signed Aaron to a contract on behalf of the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League where he played three months. He started play as a , , shortstop, and earned $200 per month. As a result of his standout play with the Indianapolis Clowns, Aaron received two offers from MLB teams via telegram, one from the New York Giants and the other from the Boston Braves. Years later, Aaron remembered: I had the Giants' contract in my hand. But the Braves offered fifty dollars a month more. That's the only thing that kept Willie Mays
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 -