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Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era.
Rachel and Robinson married on February 10, 1946, [1] the year before he broke into the big leagues. They had three children, named Jackie Robinson Jr. (1946–1971), who died in an automobile crash in 1971 at age 24, Sharon Robinson (born 1950) and David Robinson (born 1952), who currently has ten children. [3]
The post Cleats left behind after Jackie Robinson statue was stolen to be donated to Negro Leagues museum appeared first on TheGrio. ... Robinson died in 1972.
Enos Bradsher Slaughter (April 27, 1916 – August 12, 2002), nicknamed "Country", was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder.He played for 19 seasons on four major league teams from 1938 to 1942 and 1946 to 1959.
Former Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine was teammates with Jackie Robinson from 1948 to 1956. He recalls his relationship with the man who broke baseball's color barrier.
The Wichita Police Department is asking the public for help in identifying thieves they say stole a Jackie Robinson memorial statue from a youth baseball field on Wednesday. ... He died Oct. 24 ...
A native of Fort Worth, Texas, Robinson was a graduate of Baylor University in Waco Texas. Afterward, he studied at Southwestern Seminary, Temple University and the New College, University of Edinburgh in Scotland, and obtained a doctorate in theology. [2] Robinson was an All-American basketball player, 1946–1948, while at Baylor University.
David Hobbs, an employee at Art Castings of Colorado, touches up a wax mold of Jackie Robinson’s head in Loveland, Colo. on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert) ... Robinson died in ...