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Página web oficial. [ editar datos en Wikidata] Jack Roosevelt Robinson ( Cairo, Georgia; 31 de enero de 1919- Stamford, Connecticut; 24 de octubre de 1972) fue el primer beisbolista negro en ingresar a las Ligas Mayores de Béisbol. Jugó la mayor parte de su carrera profesional para los Brooklyn Dodgers.
Early Life. Born on January 31, 1919, in Cairo, Georgia, Jack Roosevelt Robinson was the youngest of Jerry and Mallie Robinson's five children. When Jackie was just a young infant, his father abandoned the family and left Mallie to raise the children alone. Having no other choice, Mallie moved the family to Pasadena, to live with her brother.
Jackie Robinson was reared in Pasadena, California. An outstanding all-around athlete at Pasadena Junior College and at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), he excelled in football, basketball, track, and baseball. He withdrew from UCLA in his third year to help his mother care for the family.
Cemetery Name: Cypress Hills Cemetery. Jack Roosevelt Robinson, nicknamed Jackie, was born on January 31, 1919, in Cairo, Georgia. He was the youngest of five children. His parents, Jerry and Mallie Robinson, were sharecroppers. In 1920, his father abandoned the family. After her husband left, Mallie Robinson moved to Pasadena, California, with ...
Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia, in 1919 to a sharecropping family. He moved to Pasadena, California, with his mother Mallie in 1920, excelled in five sports at Muir High School, and played baseball, basketball, and football at UCLA. While at UCLA he met Rachel Isum, his future wife, but had to leave college for financial reasons in ...
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the modern era. He would later become the first African American named a vice president at a fortune 500 company; serve as an advisor to politicians; start a bank and a housing development company; and, was a key figure in advancing equal opportunity and first-class citizenship for all ...
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the modern era. He would later become the first African American named a vice president at a fortune 500 company; serve as an advisor to politicians; start a bank and a housing development company; and, was a key figure in advancing equal opportunity and first-class citizenship for all ...
