Posted by admin on January 4, 2011 under Fun Facts, Jackie Robinson & Branch Rickey Fun Facts | 
• Played professional Negro League on the Kansas City Monarchs in 1945
• Married Rachel Isum Feb 20 1946
• Played for the Brooklyn Dodgers 1947-56
• Named NL Rookie of the Year 1947
(The FIRST rookie of the year awarded by the Baseball Hall of Fame)
• Named NL MVP 1949
• Had 3 kids, Jackie Jr., Sharon and David
• Retired from baseball 1957
• Worked for Chock Full O’Nuts
• Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Posted by admin on November 17, 2009 under Jackie Robinson & Branch Rickey Quotes, Quotes |
“I did not mind the public criticism. That sort of thing has not changed any program I thought was good.” – Branch Rickey
Posted by admin on October 26, 2009 under Fun Facts, Jackie Robinson & Branch Rickey Fun Facts |
In 1941, Jackie Robinson became the first athlete in the history of UCLA to letter in four sports (baseball, football, basketball and track) in the same year.
Posted by admin on October 25, 2009 under Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Cesar Chavez & Dolores Huerta, Clara Barton, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elizabeth Blackwell, George C. Marshall, George Washington, Harriet Tubman, Harry S Truman, Helen Keller & Anne Sullivan, Jackie Robinson & Branch Rickey, Jane Addams, John Muir, Jonas Salk, Lewis & Clark & Sacagawea, Mary McLeod Bethune, Milton Hershey, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Roberto Clemente, Rosa Parks, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Walt Disney |
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