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birth
Jackie Robinson was born on January 31,1919 -
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Jackie Robinson
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High School life
in 1935 Jackie enrolled in John Muir High School. he was involved in several sports and lettered in four of them football, baseball, track ,and basketball. he played shortstop and catcher in baseball. in football he played quarterback. he was a guard in basketball. in track he won the award for broad jump. -
early life
Jackie was the youngest of 5 kids. his older brother Matthew Robinson inspired Jackie to be an athlete buy winning a silver medal
in the 200 meter dash at the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin. -
Military Service
from 1942 to 1944 Jackie was a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He was court martialed in 1944 for refusing to move seats on a segregated bus. Thanks to his reputation and the NAACP the charges were dropped and was given a Honorable Discharge. -
baseball career
when Jackie was discharged from the army he began playing baseball. Branch Rickey president of the Brooklyn Dodgers signed Jackie to a contract with the Montreal Royals a minor league team for the Dodgers. after a good year with the Royals he was moved up to the professional level with the Dodgers. when he played baseball he had 137 home runs, 4877 times at bat, 734 runs batted in, and 197 stolen bases. -
His Family
Jackie had three children. Jack, Sharon, and David. Their oldest Jack Robinson JR died at 24 in a car accident. -
42
in 1997 the MLB retired his number which means no one can wear that number unless they were already that number. -
the last number 42
the last person to wear number 42 was a pitcher for the New York Yankees named Mariano Rivera.
