JACKIE ROBINSON

By: Raleigh DufferBirth and death date: 1/31/19 -

10/24/72Birthplace: Cairo, Georgia

Occupation: Baseball ballplayer Education: University of California

ACCOMPLISHMENTS First African American to play Major

league Baseball He was Rookie of the year in 1947 Robinson was a World Series champ

in 1955

INTERESTING FACTS He was the youngest of five children Jackie was drafted in to the army He was elected in the Hall of Fame Robinson played football for a minor

league team

CHALLENGES He was faced with a lot of racism with

the Dodgers Robinson lived in poverty He was raised by a single mother Some of his teammates did not want

him on the team

TIMELINE

Robinson was Born on 1/31/19

Enrolled in Dasadena Junior College in 1937

Jackie attended UCLA college in 1939

He played minor league football team in 1941

Robinson was drafted in the army in 1942

TIMELINE

In 1945 he joined the Kansas City Monarchs

Robinson signed a contract with the Royals in 1945

In 1946 he married Rachel Isum

In 1962 he was elected in to the Hall of Fame

Jackie Robinson died on October 24, 1972

CITING Jackie Robinson

Timeline.2/16.www.history-timelines.org Bio.truestory.2/27.www.biography.com American Heroes: Jackie Robinson.

2/27.www.mccsc.edu Olsen, James. Academic America.

Grolier. Danbury, Connecticut.1987