I chose Jack Robinson because he was a great role model and he influenced the lives of many people. The Segregation of blacks and whites was going on during the time Jackie was in Major League Baseball (MLB). Many people did not want Jackie to play professional baseball because of his black skin color.
Jackie Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia. At the age of one, Jackie’s family moved to Pasadena, California. Jackie attended John Muir High School in Pasadena. At John Muir, Jackie played football, basketball, and he ran track. He played quarterback on the football team and shortstop on the baseball team. He was also a guard on the basketball team. After John Muir, Jackie attended Pasadena Junior College and continued
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During the season, Robinson pursued potential major league interest. The Boston Red Sox’s held a tryout at Fenway Park for Robinson. He left the tryout humiliated because people made fun of his skin color. On February 10, 1946 Jackie and Rachel we married. The following year, six days before the start of the 1947 season, the Dodgers called Robinson up to play baseball in the major league. In Jackie’s debut he failed to get a base hit, he walked and scored a run in the Dodgers 5-3 victory. Robinson became the first player since 1880 to openly break the major league baseball color line. In the 1949 MLB season, Jackie won MVP and was voted as the starting second baseman for the All-star game. During the 1951 season, Robinson led the National League in double plays made by a second baseman for the second year in a row, with 137. Next season, the Dodgers lost the World Series to the New York Yankees. In the 1955 season, the Dodgers beat the New York Yankees. Two years later, Jackie retired at the age of 39. Robinson’s major league debut brought an end to approximately sixty years of segregation in professional baseball. On June 4, 1972, the Dodgers retired his uniform number 42. Jackie Robinson died of a heart attack on October 24, 1972. Jackie Robinson is still very honored still today because of his athletic accomplishments and he broke the sergetation line in Major League