Editing Hank Aaron (section)

=== Hobbies and health ===
Aaron was a long-time fan of the [[Cleveland Browns]], having attended many games in disguise in their "[[Dawg Pound]]" seating section.<ref>{{cite web |last=Pokorny |first=Chris |date=May 27, 2017 |title=Hank Aaron explains how he is a fan of the Browns |url=https://www.dawgsbynature.com/2017/5/27/15705682/hank-aaron-explains-how-he-is-a-fan-of-the-browns |website=Dawgs By Nature |publisher=[[SB Nation]]}}</ref>

In 1986, Hank Aaron made a guest appearance in "Just Another Fox in the Crowd", episode 30 of [[Crazy Like a Fox (TV series)|''Crazy Like a Fox'']].

In 1994, Aaron and his wife established the Chasing the Dream Foundation which awarded the Hank Aaron Chasing The Dream Scholarship to members of the [[Boys & Girls Clubs of America]].<ref>{{cite news |date=December 14, 2018 |title=Five Gene Matthews Boys & Girls Club members receive Hank Aaron Chasing The Dream Scholarships |url=https://bgcsdc.org/news-and-press/five-gene-matthews-boys-girls-club-members-receive-hank-aaron-chasing-the-dream-scholarships.html |access-date=March 15, 2024 |work=[[Boys & Girls Clubs of America]]}}</ref>

Aaron lived in the Atlanta area.<ref name="AL" /> In July 2013, media reported that his home was burglarized with jewelry and two [[BMW]] vehicles having been stolen. The cars were later recovered.<ref name="AL">{{cite web |last=Inabinett |first=Mark |date=July 19, 2013 |title=Police recover both of Hank Aaron's stolen cars after Atlanta home burglarized |url=http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2013/07/police_recover_both_of_hank_aa.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413144608/http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2013/07/police_recover_both_of_hank_aa.html |archive-date=April 13, 2014 |access-date=May 5, 2014 |website=[[List of Advance subsidiaries|AL.com]]}}</ref>

Aaron suffered from [[arthritis]] and had a partial hip replacement after a fall in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 15, 2014 |title=Hank Aaron has hip surgery |url=https://www.espn.in/mlb/story/_/id/10460762/hank-aaron-partial-hip-replacement-surgery |website=[[ESPN]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>

On January 5, 2021, Aaron publicly received a [[COVID-19]] vaccination with the [[Moderna COVID-19 vaccine]] at the [[Morehouse School of Medicine]] at Atlanta, Georgia.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 6, 2021 |title=Hank Aaron gets COVID-19 vaccine to send message |url=https://www.espn.in/mlb/story/_/id/30658279/hank-aaron-gets-covid-19-vaccine-send-message |work=[[ESPN]] |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> He and several other Black American public figures, including activist Joe Beasley, [[Andrew Young]], and [[Louis Wade Sullivan|Louis Sullivan]], did so to demonstrate the safety of the vaccine and encourage other Black Americans to do the same.<ref name="Schrade">{{cite news |last1=Schrade |first1=Brad |last2=Stirgus |first2=Eric |title=Health experts urge confidence in vaccine after superstar's death |date=January 22, 2021 |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/coronavirus/health-experts-urge-confidence-in-vaccine-after-superstars-death/EGTRQS6DZZG3RGGRMZZFQ5IXLM/ |work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Griffith |first1=Janelle |title='A boomerang effect': Hank Aaron's death is falsely linked to Covid vaccine |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/boomerang-effect-hank-aaron-s-death-falsely-linked-covid-vaccine-n1255735 |work=[[NBC News]] |date=January 27, 2021}}</ref>