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Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson. By: Calvin DeBlauw. Jackie Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919. in Cairo, Georgia to a family of sharecroppers. His mother raised him and his four brothers all by herself in a all-white neighborhood.

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Jackie Robinson

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  1. Jackie Robinson By: Calvin DeBlauw

  2. Jackie Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919. in Cairo, Georgia to a family of sharecroppers. • His mother raised him and his four brothers all by herself in a all-white neighborhood.

  3. At UCLA, Jackie became the first athlete to win varsity letters in four sports: baseball, basketball, football and track. In 1941, he was named to the All-American football team.

  4. In 1945, Jackie played one season in the Negro Baseball League. • Then Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey approached Jackie about joining the Brooklyn Dodgers.

  5. The Major Leagues had not had an African-American player since 1889, when baseball became segregated. • By breaking the color barrier in baseball, in the nation's premier sport, he challenged the racial segregation in both the North and the South.

  6. At the end of Robinson's rookie season with the Brooklyn Dodgers, he had become National League Rookie of the Year with 12 homers, a league-leading 29 steals, and a .297 average.

  7. In 1949, he was selected as the NL's Most Valuable player of the Year and also won the batting title with a .342 average that same year.

  8. With Jackie the Dodgers won 6 pennants out of the 10 seasons that he was there. • In 1949 he was named the National League MVP. • As a result of his great success, Jackie was eventually inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.

  9. Jackie married Rachel Isum, a nursing student he met at UCLA, in 1946. • They had three children Jackie Jr., David, and Sharon.

  10. On October 24, 1972 in Stamford, Connecticut Jackie Roosevelt Robinson passed away.

  11. Bibliography • http://www.websn.com/Pride/Pride/jackie_robinson.htm • http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/robinson_jackie.htm • http://www.jackierobinson.com/about/bio.html

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