JACKIE ROBINSON

JACKIE ROBINSON

• Born: January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia
• Other sports: football, baseball,tennis, and basketball.
• He went to college at UCLA
• And starred in track, baseball, football, and basketball.
• After his career of a football player came to a end he was in World War 2.

CAREER

• He 1st played baseball for the Kansas City Monarchs
• He joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947
• He became the 1st african american to play baseball in the major legue.
• He won Rookie of the Year his 1st year.
• In his career he hit a batting average of .311, hit 137 homeruns, and stole 197 bases.

ENDING

• In 1962 he was elected to the baseball Hall Of Fame.
• He died of an heart attack on October 24, 1972

Rembering Jackie!!
"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.“ -Jackie Robinson

"Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody want to quit when he's losing;nobody wants you to quit when your ahead." -Jackie Robinson


"I am not concerned with you disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being." -Jackie Robinson

"The way I figure it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The game had done much for me, and I had done much for it." -Jackie Robinson