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Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson was a Major League Baseball player known for breaking the color carrier on April 15, 1947 becoming the first African American player in the Major Leagues. He wore the uniform number of 42 and in 1997 Major League Baseball retired 42 universally across all 30 teams in honor of Jackie's 50th anniversary of breaking the color barrier. This category is for questions relating to him as a baseball player.
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Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia on January 31, 1919. He was 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighed 204 pounds.
When did Jackie Robinson have his children?
i do not know but his son Jackie jr is dead from a car accident
What was Jackie Robinson life like?
He grew up with his mom, dad, 4 siblings: Mack, Willa Mae, Frank, and Edgar. He joined a neighborhood gang and got into trouble until his friend made him quit the gang. His brother Frank brought him into baseball. He made him try it and Jackie ended up lettering in 4 sports in high school. He lettered in baseball, basketball, track, and football but, at the time baseball was not his favorite sport.
How did Jackie robison and Paul robbers differ?
Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson were both influential African American figures, but they differed significantly in their fields and focus. Jackie Robinson was a groundbreaking baseball player who broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947, becoming a symbol of racial integration and perseverance in sports. In contrast, Paul Robeson was a multi-talented actor, singer, and political activist known for his advocacy for civil rights and social justice, often using his platform to address issues of racism and inequality. While both made significant contributions to their respective areas, Robinson focused on sports, while Robeson was deeply engaged in political activism and the arts.
Jackie Robinson died at the age of 53 on October 24, 1972 with heart problems and complications from diabetes.
Why did Jackie Robinson wear 42?
MLB retired the #42 in honor of Jackie Robinson at the start of the 1997. However, anybody who was wearing #42 at that time was allowed to continue to wear it. Rivera is the last active player who was wearing #42 at the time it was retired. Once Rivera retires, no one will wear the #42 again.
What did Jackie Robinson play?
After leaving baseball in 1956, Robinson became an executive in the Chock full o'Nuts eatery franchise. He also became involved in politics and served as an adviser to New York's Republican governor, Nelson A. Rockefeller. He also became involved in the civil rights movement, working with the N.A.A.C.P. and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He lent his support to black enterprise projects and was a founder of the Freedom National Bank in Harlem.
In addition, he wrote books and contributed regular newspaper columns to The New York Post and The Amsterdam News.
What branch of the us armed forces did Jackie Robinson serve?
In 1942, Robinson was drafted and assigned to a segregated Army cavalry unit in Fort Riley, Kansas. Having the requisite qualifications, Robinson and several other black soldiers applied for admission to an Officer Candidate School (OCS) then located at Fort Riley. Although the Army's initial July 1941 guidelines for OCS had been drafted as race-neutral, practically speaking few black applicants were admitted into OCS until after subsequent directives by Army leadership.[47] As a result, the applications of Robinson and his colleagues were delayed for several months.[48] After protests by heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis (then stationed at Fort Riley) and the help of Truman Gibson (then an assistant civilian aide to the Secretary of War),[49] the men were accepted into OCS.[43][48][50] This common military experience spawned a personal friendship between Robinson and Louis.[51][52] Upon finishing OCS, Robinson was commissioned as a second lieutenant in January 1943.[35] Shortly afterward, Robinson and Isum were formally engaged.[48]
After receiving his commission, Robinson was reassigned to Fort Hood, Texas, where he joined the 761st "Black Panthers" Tank Battalion. While at Fort Hood, 2LT Robinson often used his weekend leave to visit the Rev. Karl Downs, President of Sam Huston College (now Huston-Tillotson University) in nearby Austin, Texas; Downs had been Robinson's pastor at Scott United Methodist Church while Robinson attended PJC.[30][53]
An event on July 6, 1944 derailed Robinson's military career.[54] While awaiting results of hospital tests on the ankle he had injured in junior college, Robinson boarded an Army bus with a fellow officer's wife; although the Army had commissioned its own unsegregated bus line, the bus driver ordered Robinson to move to the back of the bus.[55][56][57] Robinson refused. The driver backed down, but after reaching the end of the line, summoned the military police, who took Robinson into custody.[55][58] When Robinson later confronted the investigating duty officer about racist questioning by the officer and his assistant, the officer recommended Robinson be court-martialed.[55][59] After Robinson's commander in the 761st, Paul L. Bates, refused to authorize the legal action, Robinson was summarily transferred to the 758th Battalion-where the commander quickly consented to charge Robinson with multiple offenses, including, among other charges, public drunkenness-even though Robinson did not drink.[55][60]
By the time of the court-martial in August 1944, the charges against Robinson had been reduced to two counts of insubordination during questioning.[55] Robinson was acquitted by an all-white panel of nine officers.[55] Although his former unit, the 761st Tank Battalion, became the first black tank unit to see combat in World War II, Robinson's court-martial proceedings prohibited him from being deployed overseas, thus he never saw combat action.[61]
After his acquittal, he was transferred to Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky, where he served as a coach for army athletics until receiving an honorable discharge in November 1944.[62] While there, Robinson met an ex-player for the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro American League, who encouraged Robinson to write the Monarchs and ask for a tryout.[63] Robinson took the ex-player's advice and wrote Monarchs' co-owner Thomas Baird.[64]
Post-militaryAfter his discharge, Robinson briefly returned to his old football club, the Los Angeles Bulldogs.[46] Robinson then accepted an offer from his old friend and pastor Rev. Karl Downs to be the athletic director at Sam Huston College in Austin, then of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.[65] The job included coaching the school's basketball team for the 1944-45 season.[53] As a fledgling program, few students tried out for the basketball team, and Robinson even resorted to inserting himself into the lineup for exhibition games.[65][66] Although his teams were outmatched by opponents, Robinson was respected as a disciplinarian coach,[53] and drew the admiration of, among others, Langston University basketball player Marques Haynes, a future member of the Harlem Globetrotters.[67]Who inspired Jackie Robinson for what he became famous for?
His brother Matthew Robinson inspired him to follow his love for athletics.
Was Jackie Robinson a poor or rich family?
No, and I really hope he will overcome this obstacle.
The man and woman who would otherwise have been his parents left on a tour ship before he was born, so his younger adopted sister raised him. Unfortunately, this adopted sister was actually a runaway who was returned to her real parents, leaving young Jackie with only a day-care worker to take him in.
After he became famous, this daycare worker tried to pass herself off as his natural mother, but since she spoke little English, and was from Scandinavia, she was arrested and charged with attempted fraud and embellishment. She was convicted, but fled the USA before she could be incarcerated. Rumour has it that she fled to Nairobi, Kenya, where she had an extensive family of Hassidic Jews waiting to welcome her back home where she had never been.
But Jackie did become kind of famous playing a kids game of some sort.
How did Jack Roosevelt Robinson Jr Die?
Jackie Robinson Jr. was Jackie Robinsons son who was in the army during Vietnam and when he came back crippled he became addicted to drugs and tried to fight his addiction but he then died from a automobile accident at the age of 24.
At what age did Jackie Robinson retire from baseball?
Jackie Robinson played his final MLB game on October 10, 1956.
When did Jackie Robinson begin his career?
Jackie Robinson began his baseball career with the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro League in 1945 after being discharged from the Army. He signed with the Dodgers after the season, played with the Montreal Royals of the International League in 1946 and began his career with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
Where did Jackie Robinson get buried?
Cypress Hills Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY, the area of the city where he fought the hardest to make a difference. His grave is located about half a mile south of the Jackie Robinson Parkway, which bisects the cemetery.
How many brothers or sisters did jackie robinson have?
five siblings: Edgar, Frank, Matthew, and Willa Mae
Was Jackie Robinson The Youngest Of His Brothers?
Yes, he was the youngest in the family. He was born in GA in 1919
Where was Jackie robinsons last home run?
Jackie's final MLB home run came in Game 1 of the World Series against the New York Yankees at Ebbets Field.
Why was Jackie suspicious of Clyde sukeforth invitation for meeting with branch rickey?
Jackie Robinson thought it was another time-wasting experience led to failure.
What is the similarity with Jackie Robinson and Rosa park?
They both helped end segregation even though they didn't know each other.
