Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson was born in 1919 at Cairo, Georgia, and died in 1972. Robinson later attended Muir Technical High School in Pasadena, Jackie than had developed to a all-round athlete. ( The Lincoln Library of Sports Champions #15.)
After high school, Robinson went to Pasadena Junior College. Then he attended the University of California at Los Angelas (UCLA). He worked on little side jobs to help pay his way through Collage. (The Lincoln Library of Sports Champions #15.)
Robinson became one of the greatest athletes in the history of the University. In football, he was honored that All-American as a quarterback, in basketball he led the Pacific Cost League in scoring. he broke the conference record in broad jump in track. In baseball, he stared on the team. (The Lincoln Library of Sports Champions #15.)
After leaving UCLA, he took a job as assistant athlete director at a youth camp, but World War II broke out short after, and Jackie found himself in the Army. (Encarta Encyclopedia)
After the war he then joined baseball, the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro League in 1945. Then he met Branch Rickey, the general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, he was looking for a man that could break the color barrier in baseball. Robinson signed a contract with the dodgers and became the first black major- league baseball player in 1947. He received rookie of the year. In 1949 he was elected National Leagues most valuable player. In 1962 he became the first black baseball player elected in the hall of fame. (The Lincoln Library of Sports Champions #15.)
Work Cited
1.)"Jackie Robinson." The lincoln Library of Sports Champions. 4 ed. Vol. 15. Columbus, Ohio: Frontier, 1985. 82-89.
2.)"Jackie Robinson." Encarta encyclopedia. Encarta Encyclopedia. Diskette. 1998 ed. Rel. 1998.
3.)"Jackie Robinson." Vers. 2. Winter 2001
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