Cubs' Rizzo wins Roberto Clemente Award for his charitable work
Anthony Rizzo's charitable contributions and involvement with pediatric cancer patients earned him baseball's coveted Roberto Clemente Award for 2017.
The award, named after the Pirates' Hall of Fame outfielder, is presented annually to the Major League Baseball player who best represents the game through "extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions" on and off the field.
A survivor of Hodgkin lymphoma early in his professional career, Rizzo, 28, created the Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation to support children battling cancer and their families, as well as to fund cancer research.
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