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Jackie Robinson was born January 31st, 1919 in Cairo, GA
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After Robinson dad left his family in 1920, they moved to Pasadena, California
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In 1935, Jackie Robinson graduated from Washington Junior High School and enrolled at John Muir High School (Muir Tech).
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In 1936, Robinson won the junior boys singles championship in the annual Pacific Coast Negro Tennis Tournament and earned a place on the Pomona annual baseball tournament all-star team, which included future Hall Of Famers Ted Williams & Bob Lemon.
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In 1942, Robinson was drafted and assigned to a segregated Army cavalry unit in Fort Riley, Kansas.
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On April 15, 1947, Robinson made his major league debut at the relatively advanced age of 28 at Ebbets Field before a crowd of 26,623 spectators, more than 14,000 of whom were black.
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On October 24, 1972, nine days after his appearance at the World Series, Robinson died of a heart attack at his home on 95 Cascade Road in North Stamford, Connecticut; he was 53 years old.
