1. Jackie Robinson, Most Influential Athlete
... 's plan to integrate professional baseball. If it were not for the likes of Branch Rickey's experiment with Robinson where would baseball be today, without the likes of talents such as Ken Griffey Jr., Hank Arron, Willie Mays and countless other black baseball players? Rickey needed a good ball player, but not only that he needed a tough man who could handle the pressure ... ...
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