Brother of
Tommie Aaron ... Father of
Lary Aaron ... Subject of Chapter 97 of the book
The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnarski ... Great-uncle of NFL player
Kimani Vidal.
[1957] World Series Champion with Milwaukee Braves
[1970] Winner of the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award (Character and Integrity)
[1976] His #44 was retired by the Brewers on October 3,1976
[1977] His #44 was retired by the Braves on April 15,1977
[1982] Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame (Baseball Writers)
[1988] Inducted into the Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame
[1999] Hank Aaron award created to recognized top hitters in both Major Leagues (AL/NL) ... Inducted into the Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame
[2002] Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
[2014] Added to the Milwaukee Brewers Wall of Honor
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