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Jackie Robinson

Birthplace & date: January 31 1919

Cairo ,GA

Family Members:

Edgar Robinson –brother

Frank Robinson-brother

Mack Robinson-brother

Willa mae-sister

Mallie-mother

Jerry-father

Childhood & school life:

He went to John Muir high school, Pasadena Junior College and UCLA .Jackie Robinson’s father left them in 1920.His mother and the rest of the family moved to Pasadena, CA. He grew up in poverty.

Hobbies:

Jackie Robinson’s hobby was to play baseball, basketball and football. He played baseball when he was little on the street or in his backyard. He played baseball at Pasadena junior college and UCLA. He played for the Brooklyn dodgers from 1947 to 1956.He played basketball at Pasadena College and UCLA. He was a baseball and basketball star at UCLA.

He also played football at UCLA and of course he was good at football too. He was just very athletic. He loved playing sports. He enjoyed it and he was good at it. His famous play was stealing home and being safe. Yogi Berra was the catcher and he says he was out. It looks like he is safe in pictures

Anecdotes:

Pee wee Reese talked about when they were in a hotel and a bunch of protestors threatened Jackie and shouted racial slurs to him. The whole dodger team was on Jackie’s side because they all liked him.

Jackie’s side of the story was he seemed a little scared but he kept calm. They threatened that they were going to kill him and yelled racist things to him. He didn’t bother with them because it happened everywhere.

They would try and peg Jackie when he was batting. And they would yell at him and say he doesn’t deserve to be here. Jackie yelled at them sometimes just to get them fired up. He would get pegged and just steal bases.

Career;

Jackie Robinson’s career was playing for the dodger from 1947 to 1956.he was the first black man to play in the major leagues. He played second base. He batted .311.he had 1,518 hits, 734 rbis and 197 stolen bases. He also played in the Negro league for the Kansas City Monarchs and the Montreal Royals. He was a 6 time all star. He also helped win the World Series in 1955.he played in 6 World Series championships. He was rookie of the year in 1947.he had a national league batting title. And 2 national league stolen bases champion. His jersey was retired by every team. He was inducted into the hall of fame in 1962

Reason for fame:

The reason for Jackie Robinsons fameis that he played for the Brooklyn dodgers in 1947 to 1956.He was the first balck man to play in the major leagues.he was also the most honored pro athlete at that time.He won 2 batting titles.he was a 6 time all star too.his major league debut was Aprril 15,1947.HE also got his number retired by every team in the major league.

Old age: After Jackie retired in 1956 ,he went into the hall of fame in 1962.he worked at chock full o’ nuts and worked there for awhile.he enjoyed working there Rachel robinson said.he wanted a new challenge because baseball wasn’t a challenge to him anymore