Jackie+Robinson

> 8 Hillesheim > ** JACKIE ROBINSON media type="youtube" key="cO_amK0VNXg" height="344" width="425" > __ EARLY LIFE (childhood): __ > Jackie Robinson was born on January 31, 1919. He was born in Cairo, Georgia. Robinson was born during the Spanish Flu, and Smallpox Epidemic. Jackie Robinson was also known as Jack Roosevelt. When he was young he became famous due to his skills for different sports such as Basketball, Football, Track, and Baseball. Jackie Robinson was raised by a single mother, so Jackie might not have knew his father very much. ** > __ > **CAREER AND LATER LIFE:** __ ** > He moved to Hawaii and started his career in football, and played for the Honolulu Bears, the season was cut short, due to the United States stepping in and starting World War ll. After his discharge from the army in 1944 Robinson started a career in the Minor League Baseball in the Kansas City Monarchs. Robinson didn't last long in the Kansas City, and then after that he made history by becoming the first African-American MLB player! Jackie Robinson was drafted to the Brooklyn Dodgers. While playing in the MLB with the Brooklyn Dodgers, he became close friends with a baseball legend, Hank Aaron. **** In 1946 he moved to Florida and began spring training for the Royals. At the time baseball was always separated according to the skin colour, black and white's had always played separetly. Jackie Robinson started to play in the Negro Leagues. But he was soon chosen by Branch Rickie, the Vice President of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Branch Rikie knew that there would be hard times that the young athlete would have to face, and made him promise not to fight back when confronted with racism and always fight forwards. Robinson's will was tested and even some of his new teammates objected to have an African-American player on the team, people in the crowd also jeered at him. At times his family received many threats. People were always racist to Robinson especially at "away" games. Jackie Robinson was playing outstanding while playing with the Royals, also leading the league with a batting average of 3.49 and a .985 fielding percentage. Robinson retired from baseball in 1957, and later in 1965 he became an analyst for ABC's Major League Baseball Game Of The Week telecast and was the first African-American to get the chance and do it. > > __ Army Career: __    ** > **  In 1941, Jackie decided to leave college and join the military. Although Jackie became a second lieutenant, his military career was cut short by racial prejudice. > __ Achievements: __ ** > **His accomplishments were Jackie Robinson got the MVP award in 1938, and achieved the Rookie of the Year award in 1949. Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers won the World Series in 1955 and they made it to the World Series finals six times, lost 5 and won 1. Robinson was a all-star player from 1949 to 1954. Jackie Robinson was voted to be in the Hall of Fame, he was the first black man to be voted in the Hall of Fame. Robinson made it to the All-Star team 6 consecutive times, from years(1942-1944). Robinson became very close friends with the whole dodgers team. Robinson served as a second Lieutenant in the United States army. He was later arrested and also court-martialed during boot camp after he refused to go to the back of a bus during training. Later, he was acquitted of the charges and received an honourable discharge.** > ​ > **__Robinson's Death__**​: ​ > ** Robinson's was diagnosed with diabetes, and later died in a heart attack on October 24, 1972. **
 * 1) ​ By: Raushan & Mumtaz