Jackie Robinson

Hey, would you like to learn some stuff about Jackie Robinson? Well he was born on January 31, 1919, and died on October 24, 1972. Robinson was the first African American major league baseball analyst. He was called up toplay for the Brooklyn Dodgers.Robinson left college to support his mother, then he started to play football with the Los Angeles Bulldogs. In 1962 Robinson became the first African American to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. When he was a kid he liked to play sports. When he was older he married Rachel Anneta Isum. After he died of a heart attack in 1972 his wife founded the Robinson Foundation. Now during black history month everybody remembers him of his baseball support, and that he was a great person.

Comments

[Harley]

Hi Hector,

I'm glad you chose to write about Jackie Robinson. Thanks for teaching me that he was a baseball analyst. I didn't know that. I did know he was the first African American major league player.

Did you know that many people and other baseball players objected to his playing in the major leagues? I think that was wrong!!!

Paws,
Harley