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Jackie Robinson was born.
He was born in Cario, Georgia. He was raised by a single mother. -
He got his varsity letters in 4 sports.
He became the first in the university to get his varsity letter in 4 differnt sports. He played track, basketball, football, and baseball. -
Jackie was hired to play semi pro football.
After UCLA, Jackie was hired to play semi-pro football with the Honolulu Bears. Their first exhibition game was in Pearl Harbor. Jackie left Honolulu. -
He had to leave UCLA.
Eventhough Robinson had all that success, he had to leave UCLA because his family could not pay the money for the school anymore. -
Robinsons high school.
Robinson went to Muir High school. -
Robinson serves luitenent in the United States army
From 1942 to 1944, Robinson served as a second luitenent in the united states army. -
He started to play for the major leagues.
Jackie signed as the first ever black player to compete in the major leages. He signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers. -
Rookie of the Year.
Robinson led the leage in stolen bases. He won rookie of the year. People started to accept him after this. -
Robinson helped the Dogers win a World Series.
Robinson helped the Dogers win the World Series. This was vs the Yankees. -
Robinson retired.
He went on and retired with an impresive batting averge of .311. -
Jackie Robinson Dies
Jackie Robinson dies in Stanford Connecticut. -
His number was retired.
The Dogers retired his number. No one can wear the number 42 in baseball.
