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Jackie Robinson. Mrs. Wasson. Influential because…. Became the 1 st African-American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) Started 1 st base for Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947 Played 10 seasons 6 World Series Dodgers World Champs in 1955 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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JACKIE ROBINSON
MRS. WASSON
• Became the 1st African-American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB)
• Started 1st base for Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947
• Played 10 seasons– 6 World Series– Dodgers World Champs in 1955– Selected for 6 consecutive All-Star Games 1949-1954– National League Most Valuable Player Award in 1949
INFLUENTIAL BECAUSE…
Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson
• Born January 31, 1919
• Youngest of 5
• Middle name honor of former President Theodore Roosevelt (died 25 days before he was born)
BIRTH INFORMATION
• Parents: Jerry and Mallie Robinson, dad left family in 1920 (1 year old)
• Moved to Pasadena, California
• Mom worked odd jobs to support family
• Lived in poverty in an affluent area
• Joined a neighborhood gang, but his friend got him to leave
EARLY LIFE
• Married Rachel Isum in 1946– Met at UCLA
• 3 Children– Jackie, Jr. (died at age 25)– Sharon– David
FAMILY LIFE
High School• Was encourage to pursue
sports by older brother Mack (silver medalist at 1936 Summer Olympics)
• Lettered in 4 sports: football, basketball, track, and baseball
College• 1st athlete to earn varsity
letter in 4 sports
• 1938, won region’s Most Valuable Player for baseball
• Played football for semi-professional Honolulu Bears
SCHOOL YEARS
• Drafted to a segregated Army cavalry unit in Fort rile, Kansas in 1942
• 1944 - Court martialed for refusing to sit in back of bus– Was acquitted by all white panel of officers– Prohibited him from being deployed overseas
• Served as a coach for Army athletics
• Honorable discharge in November 1944
MILITARY CAREER
• Was athletic director at Sam Huston College in Austin, TX
• While at Sam Huston College was asked to play professional baseball in the Negro leagues– Contract $400 ($5,240 in 2014 dollars) per month
POST MILITARY
• 1946 – Montreal Royals Class AAA International League (Dodgers affiliate team)
• Very controversial in racial area like Florida– Not allowed to stay in team hotel– Some spring training events cancelled – Some games called off
MINOR LEAGUE CAREER
• 1947 – Called up to Dodgers at age 28
• Still racism– Some players sit out of games
• Ended when Manager Leo Durocher stood up for him– Threatened to trade players if they did not play
MAJOR LEAGUE CAREER
• Teams threatened to strike
• Ford Frick, National League President – Said striking players would be suspended– Caused rough playing towards Robinson
MORE RACISM IN MAJORS
• 1957 - Retired from baseball at age 37– Medical problems from diabetes (hard to control it in those days)
• 1962 - Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1966 – 1972 TV analyst and commentator– 1st African-American TV sports analyst
• 1972 – Dodgers retired his uniform number 42
POST BASEBALL LIFE
• Son, Jackie Robinson Jr. died June 17, 1971– Automobile accident
• Jackie Robinson died October 24, 1972– Had heart disease, diabetes which made him almost
blind by middle age– Died of heart attack
DEATH
• 1997 - #42 retired throughout MLB– 1st time a jersey retired throughout a sport
RECOGNITION
Main entrance of New York Mets, Citi Field called “Jackie Robinson Rotunda”
Brookside park in Pasadena, California - #42 on center field wall
• April 15, 2004 – 1st “Jackie Robinson Day”– Initiated by Major League Baseball– An annual tradition– April 15 every player on every team wears #42
“JACKIE ROBINSON DAY”
• Great at all sports
• After retirement was vice president of personnel for a coffee company– 1st African-American VP of a major American
corporation
• Co-founded Freedom National Bank – black owned and operated bank in Harlem, NY
INTERESTING FACTS
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson• http://www.jackierobinson.com/about/bio.html• http://
mentalfloss.com/article/50059/42-facts-about-jackie-robinson
• http://www.biography.com/people/jackie-robinson-9460813
• http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/jackie-robinson
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