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Jackie Made It To The MLB
Jackie Robinson brought to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers and became the first black on major league team. He suffered considerable racial abuse. The same year he was named 'Rookie of the Year' and featured on the cover of Time magazine. -
Jackie Was Born
January 31, 1919 when Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia. -
Jackies Mother Left
His mother decided to leave Georgia and moved to Pasadena, California where Jackie was raised. -
Jackie Enrolls To a Junior College
He enrolled in Pasadena Junior College. -
Jackie Letters In 4 Sports
Robinson entered the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), lettering in four sports. -
Jackie Won Board Jump Title
Jackie Robinson won the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA, broad jump title. -
Jackie Played Football
Played professional football for the Honolulu Bears, a semi-professional football team. -
Jackie Was Drafted To The Army
drafted into the Army. -
Jackie Was A Second Lieutenant
Private Robinson was commissioned as a second lieutenant. -
Jackie Left The Army
He was honorably discharged in November 1944 following an ankle injury. -
Jackie Started To Play Baseball
Robinson begins baseball career with Kansas City Monarchs, a Negro team and was then recruited by Branch Rickey to play for minor league Montreal Royals. -
Jackie Gets Married
Robinson married Rachel Isum, a nursing student he had met at UCLA. -
Jackie Gets MVP
Named the National League's Most Valuable Player. -
Jackie Was Traded
Jackie Robinson he was traded to the New York Giants, but decides to retire from major league baseball. -
Jackie Supported MLKJr
He became a vocal supporter of Martin Luther King Jr. and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. -
Jackie Went Into The Hall of Fame
inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame -
Jackie Dies
Jackie Robinson died of a heart attack (aged 53) in Stamford, Connecticut.