Hipolito Arenas Explained

Hipolito Arenas
Birth Date:August 13, 1907
Birth Place:Tampa, Florida, US
Death Place:Tampa, Florida, US
Throws:Right
Debutleague:Negro league baseball
Debutyear:1932
Debutteam:Atlanta Black Crackers
Finalyear:1932
Finalteam: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]

Personal life

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.

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hipolito Arenas Negro League Statistics & History - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. Web site: From Baseball to Beisbol: America's Pastime in Tampa Bay. Lisa Figueredo. Cigar City Magazine. April 16, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150417003540/http://www.cigarcitymagazine.com/articles/history/item/from-baseball. April 17, 2015. dead.
  3. Book: An Age of Extremes. 978-0-19-515334-7. Hakim. Joy. 2003.
  4. News: Kite-Powell . Rodney . Tampa's long baseball history included segregated teams . December 26, 2019 . . March 17, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150416233647/https://tbo.com/lifestyle/tampas-long-baseball-history-included-segregated-teams-4185 . April 16, 2015 . dead.
  5. Web site: nlbpa.com - Arenas, Hipolito T.. nlbpa.com.
  6. Year: 1910; Census Place: West Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida; Roll: T624_161; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0037; FHL microfilm: 1374174
  7. National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Florida, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 13
  8. Florida Department of Health. Florida Marriage Index, 1927-2001. Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville, Florida.
  9. State Archive, Tallahassee and Clerk of Courts; Various Counties; County Marriages, 1943-1945
  10. News: 5 Jan 1996. Hipolito "Pop" Arenas, 88 of Tampa. 28. The Tampa Tribune. 8 Feb 2022.
  11. Year: 1940; Census Place: Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida; Roll: m-t0627-00633; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 70-30
  12. Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
  13. State of Florida. Florida Death Index, 1877-1998. Florida: Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, 1998.
  14. Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File

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