JOE DIMAGGIO
BY CATHY NGUYEN
, EARLY LIFE
• Joseph Paul DiMaggio
• November 25, 1914: Martinez, California
• 8th child of nine: Giuseppe and Rosalie Dimaggio (Italian immigrants moved from Sicily to California in 1898)
• Lived in North Beach, San Francisco (predominantly Italian neighborhood)
• Father: fisherman like generations before him
• No interest in fishing (smell of fish nauseated him)
• Two brothers (Vince and Dom) who were also major league center fielders
• Coming from a poor immigrant fisherman’s background, popular image of the personification of the American
Dream
BY CATHY NGUYEN
, EARLY LIFE
• Joseph Paul DiMaggio
• November 25, 1914: Martinez, California
• 8th child of nine: Giuseppe and Rosalie Dimaggio (Italian immigrants moved from Sicily to California in 1898)
• Lived in North Beach, San Francisco (predominantly Italian neighborhood)
• Father: fisherman like generations before him
• No interest in fishing (smell of fish nauseated him)
• Two brothers (Vince and Dom) who were also major league center fielders
• Coming from a poor immigrant fisherman’s background, popular image of the personification of the American
Dream