Hipolito Arenas

Hipolito Kanterra Arenas, Sr., nicknamed "Torrento", was an American Negro league baseball player. Arenas grew up in Tampa, Florida, but also spent time in Ybor City, Florida. He would climb from local teams to the Negro leagues. Arenas played for the Atlanta Black Crackers from 1928 to 1929, and for the New York Cubans in 1930.

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. He worked for the Tampa Gas Company after his career in the Negro league. He married Erma Dancil, and had 5 children; Cecelia, Hipolito Jr., Jorge, Manuel, and Albert. He died December 28 of 1995, and is buried in Tampa's Rest Haven Memorial Park.
In earlier documentation, Arenas's ethnicity was listed as "mulatto", with later references listing him as black.