JACKIE ROBINSONBy: Tyrone

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Jackie Robinson Major League Baseball player!

Most people remember Jackie Robinson for Major League Baseball. But it's likely that Robinson himself would count that as the least of his Accomplishments.

Jackie Robinson family!

Jackie Robinson was A brother to four, a father of three and a husband. The youngest of five children, Robinson was raised by a single mother.

When was Jackie Robinson born, die, and how?

Jackie Robinson was born in January 31 Cairo, Georgia, the fifth. Jackie Robinson died on October 24, 1972. He died from a heart attack.

When did Jackie Robinson's start playing professional basketball ?

Jackie Robinson's first year in professional basketball was in 1946 .He retired in 1956. Robinson was also the first African American inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Jackie Robinson life

On April 15, Major League Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson Day. On April 15 in 1947, Robinson broke the baseball color line and became the first African American to play on a major sports team.

Jackie Robinson life part 2!

Rachel and Jackie were married from 1946 until 1972, when Jackie died at the age of 53. Rachel is now 90, and she still comes to work a couple days a week at the Jackie Robinson Foundation, which she started 40 years ago.

About Jackie Robinson

he was an excellent athlete and played for the football, basketball, track, and baseball team. His season with the Bears was cut short when the United States entered him into World War II.

Random Facts

The Foundation has helped to send thousands of students to college., the actor Chadwick Boseman, shortly after he was cast to play Jackie in the movie 42. Bose man had really wanted to meet Rachel. He is 31 and was born a decade after Jackie's death.

Video web site!

http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-month/videos/jackie-robinson-breaks-barriers