JACKIE ROBINSON

JACKIE ROBINSON

• He was born on January 31,1919 in Cairo G.A.
• He died on October 24,1972
• He had 4 siblings
• He lived with a single mother

LIKES ,FAMILY,AND FUTURE

• He liked to play baseball,basketball ,football,and track.
• He lived with 4 siblings and a single parent.
• He started contributing To his future when he stated playing all these sports
• And he also played football at UCLA

SCHOOL

• He attended UCLA college
• He was first to letter in 4 sports
• He also dropped out of college to join the military

JOBS
At first he started out playing football. He made it onto the All-America football team, then eventually enlisted in the U.S. military .After being honorably discharged,he moved on to baseball and made it into the baseball hall of fame,and changed the game forever.

JACKIE ROBINSON DEATH

• He died on October 24,1972
• He died in north Stamford,C.T.
• He died from a heart attack
• Society and many individual lives were afected greatly

QUOTES

• ""I'd get mad. But i'd never let them know it""-Jackie
• ""A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives""-Jackie
• ""I'm not concerned with your likeing or disliking me...all i ask is that you respect me as a human""- Jackie
• ""I used to tell jackie,sometimes when they were throwing at him, jackie ,they aren't throwing it at you because -
• Your black ,they are throwing it at you because they don't like you""-pee wee reese

QUOTES CONTINUED

• ""All though i didnt meet him, his legend and his sega and his story is just that.-
• Jackie robinson, we all have to tip our hats to him, because he made the game available to guys like me""- dave winfield
• ""Its not often that the essence of a man, especially a complicated man,can be summed up in one sentence. -
• But then again there havent been many people like jackie robinson""-larry schwartz

INTERESTING FACTS

• When he was young his mother showed him how to stand up for himself
• When he first moved to his new home he played marbles ,soccer,dodgeball,tennis,golf ,
• Football,basketball ,and baseball
• Jackie also broke his Brother, Olympic Champion mack Robinson Running Broad Jump Record.

WORK CITED

• Schwartz,larry.""jackie changed face of sports.""web.21 april 2015.
• Solipsis.com.web.20 April 2015.
• Jackierobinson.com.web.20 April 2015.