... the occasion demanded. Jackie went to Muir Tech. High School. At high school is where he began to get interested in sports. He competed in football, baseball, basketball, and track. He was a good player in every sport. During high school, college recruiters failed to pay attention to him. He didn't receive any scholorship, ... attend most of the games. His brother never did get to see a game because he died in a motocycle accident. At UCLA, Jackie lettered in four sports in one year. He was the first player to do that. He played track, baseball, basketball, and football. Jackie was one of...

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... to Jerry and Mallie Robinson. He grew up in Pasadena, California. In high school and at Pasadena Junior College he showed great athletic skill in track, basketball, football, and baseball. He left school in 1941 and was drafted the following year for Army service during World War II. After receiving a medical discharge ... second base. On April 10, 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first black player to sign a major league contract in the 20th century. During his first game, Jackie went hitless in three at-bats, but flawlessly handled 11 chances at first base. In 1947, Jackie hit .297 an...

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... , 1919 to Jerry and Mallie Robinson. He grew up in Pasadena, California. In high school and at Pasadena Junior College he showed great athletic skill in track, basketball, football, and baseball. He left school in 1941 and was drafted the following year into the Army during World War II. After receiving a medical discharge in 1945 ... was playing second base. On April 10, 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first black player to sign a major league contract in the 20th century. During his first game, Jackie went hitless in three at-bats, but handled 11 chances at first base. In 1947, Jackie ...

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... heard of, and left me astonished after reading them. Some of those great moments and statistics are remarkable even for someone to do it in today's game of baseball. The book starts out in 1900 when statistics actually started to be recorded. From 1900-1919 the book talks about how the National League, ... Of course, the book talks about the legend Babe Ruth and how he came to be probably the most commonly known to baseball as Michael Jordan to basketball. Babe Ruth eventually went on to hit 60 homeruns, which was thought to never be surpassed, before he retired in 1935. Another major e...

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... . When he first tried out for the majors at a Red Sox tryout the managers were using racial slurs and Robinson eventually left embarrassed. One most remembered event is the 1947 game when the Dodgers played the Phillies. Phillies manager and many players were calling Jackie a "nigger " and telling him to "go back to the Cotton fields ". Branch Rickey, the general manager ... that they can't be included in everything. After this barrier was broke more and more black professional athletes started emerging. In 1950 Earl Lloyd and Chuck Cooper entered the National Basketball Association, exp...

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... , before that African American player only allow play in African American League Baseball, when he was in University, he was the only one who play not only baseball but football, basketball and track. After Branch Rickey bring Jackie Robinson into Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie Robinson wipe the line between white baseball and black baseball forever, this became one of the most important ... action proved African American have equal ability and right than other race. What he down not just effect the world of baseball but also the whole American culture. Every baseball game he played in America...

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... and still is, would be baseball. In this sport only one famous athlete could be described, Jackie Robinson. He played his fist game with the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the color barrier that had existed in major league baseball. I assume basketball wasn't very big back then, but later as time went on got very famous. Harry S. Truman is considered among the top ten ... ...

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... Monarchs of the Negro National League. In February 1946, Jackie and Rachel Isum were married at a large church wedding in Los Angeles. On April 15, 1947, he played his first game in the major leagues in Ebbets Field, the Dodgers" home stadium. Jackie was the first black player to play in the major league. Fans yelled insults, pitchers threw balls at ... died at the age of 53 in Stamford Connecticut. By the time of his death professional sports had changed a great deal. Blacks played in pro baseball, pro football and pro basketball. Every year, a small step is made. But the biggest step ...

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... left the family. His mother then moved the family to Pasadena, California to find work as a domestic. Jackie Robinson excelled in four sports at Pasadena's John Muir Technical High: football, basketball, baseball and track. He went on to Pasadena Junior College, where he set a National Junior College record in the long jump of 25' 6 ½- before accepting an athletic scholarship to UCLA ... opportunities available to blacks. From his earliest experiences with his family in Pasadena, California, he quickly learned that he had to actively respond to racist ignorance. But, from his first gam...

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