Editing Roger Clemens (section)

==Early life==
Clemens was born in [[Dayton, Ohio]], the fifth child of Bill and Bess (Lee) Clemens.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pearlman |first=Jeff |date=May 23, 2009 |title=The Rocket That Fell To Earth |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ys-clemens032309 |access-date=February 7, 2015 |website=Yahoo! Sports}}</ref> He is of [[Germans|German]] descent, his great-grandfather Joseph Clemens having immigrated in the 1880s.<ref>[https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-27868-18168-72?cc=2000219 "United States Census, 1940: Dayton, Ohio."] ''[[FamilySearch|www.familysearch.org.]]'' Retrieved October 31, 2017.</ref> Clemens’ parents separated when he was an infant. His mother soon married Woody Booher, whom Clemens considers his father. Booher died when Clemens was nine years old, and Clemens has said that the only time he ever felt envious of other players was when he saw them in the clubhouse with their fathers.<ref name="22 Things">{{Cite news |last=Story |first=Mark |date=June 6, 2006 |title=22 things you should know about 'Rocket' |url=http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/sports/14749611.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615043527/http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/sports/14749611.htm |archive-date=June 15, 2006 |access-date=July 11, 2009 |work=[[Lexington Herald-Leader]]}}</ref> Clemens lived in [[Vandalia, Ohio]], until 1977, and then spent most of his high school years in [[Houston]], [[Texas]]. At [[Spring Woods High School]], Clemens played baseball for longtime head coach Charles Maiorana<ref name="Karl Young Baseball Administration">{{cite web|url=http://www.karlyoungbaseball.com/Administration/Bio%20Charlie%20Maioranal.htm |title=Charlie Maiorana |publisher=Karl Young College Baseball |access-date=July 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604121944/http://www.karlyoungbaseball.com/Administration/Bio%20Charlie%20Maioranal.htm |archive-date=June 4, 2011 }}</ref> and also played football and basketball.<ref name="22 Things" /> He was scouted by the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] and [[Minnesota Twins]] during his senior year, but opted to go to college.<ref name=will>{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20111014064439/http://robinsonlibrary.com/geography/recreation/sports/baseball/biography/clemens.htm "Roger Clemens."]}} ''www.robinsonlibrary.com.'' Retrieved November 6, 2017.</ref>