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Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31 in 1919. He was born in Cairo, Georgia.
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in 1920 he moved to Pasadena California.http://www.dfiles.me/jackie-robinson-as-a-teenager.html
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He played Basketball , Football and baseball at UCLA https://www.pinterest.com/inacoma5150/jackie-robinson/
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Jackie Robinson excelled at any sport he played his average punt return was 21 yards, he also led UCLA in rushing, passing and scoring. that is just football but in basketball Robinson led the pacific coast conference southern division in scoring in 1940 and 1941 http://curious.kcrw.com/2013/04/uclas-special-chapter-in-the-life-of-baseball-great-jackie-robinson
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he served as a second lieutenant in the United States Army
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Jackie Robinson was arrested in 1944 for not giving up his seat and moving to the back of the bus, ultimately the charges were dropped and received an honorable discharge http://www.baseball-almanac.com/legendary/jackie_robinson_day.shtml
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Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, that same year he was named Rookie of the year http://www.military.com/off-duty/movies/2013/04/05/jackie-robinson-movie-highlights-army-struggle.html
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"A life is not important, except in the impact it has on others" https://commonreader.wustl.edu/c/jackie-robinson-court-martial/
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Ben Chapman and his team shouted racial slurs at Robinson from their dugout. many players threatened not to play against the dodgers, even Jackie Robinsons teammates said they would sit out http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2016/08/29/jackie-robinson-i-cannot-stand-and-sing-the-anthem-i-cannot-salute-the-flag/
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that first year he hit 12 home runs and helped his team win the national league pennant, he also led the national league in stolen bases http://blog.questia.com/2013/10/42-modern-history-story-jackie-robinson-first-african-american-major-league-baseball/
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Robinson retiered from pro baseball in 1957 http://www.libaseballmag.com/jackie-robinson-the-american-dream/
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"im not concerned with your liking or disliking of me, all i ask is you respect me as a human being" http://2014openingday.mlblogs.com/tag/jackie-robinson/
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Jackie Robinson passed away on October 24 in 1972, he died in North Stamford CT
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