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Date of birth
Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31 in 1919. He was born in Cairo, Georgia.
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Relocation
in 1920 he moved to Pasadena California.http://www.dfiles.me/jackie-robinson-as-a-teenager.html -
Athletics in high school
He played Basketball , Football and baseball at UCLA https://www.pinterest.com/inacoma5150/jackie-robinson/ -
More then just baseball
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 -
Military Days
he served as a second lieutenant in the United States Army
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Fighting Against Segregation
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 -
Breaking the MLB color barrier
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 -
a Jackie Robinson qoute
"A life is not important, except in the impact it has on others" https://commonreader.wustl.edu/c/jackie-robinson-court-martial/ -
Infamous Philadelphia game
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/ -
while fans harassed Robinson
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/ -
Retirement
Robinson retiered from pro baseball in 1957 http://www.libaseballmag.com/jackie-robinson-the-american-dream/ -
Jackie Robinson Quote 2
"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/ -
Passing of a legend
Jackie Robinson passed away on October 24 in 1972, he died in North Stamford CT
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