Retro Louisville | Jackie Robinson visits Kentucky as baseball player, social justice advocate
Jackie Robinson played in Louisville before he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. He also came to Kentucky for the March on Frankfort.
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Dodgers' Brooklyn Native Who Welcomed Jackie Robinson Dies: Report
A veteran of 20 years of sports coverage for daily newspapers in California, J.P. covered MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers ... Brooklyn decided on a different first baseman that year: Jackie Robinson ...
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This Day In Sports: It was a lot of money back then
Jackie Robinson signs what is, at the time, the highest-paying contract in the history of the Brooklyn Dodgers. It was for $35,000 per year (still just $455,000 in today’s dollars). Sheesh—how ...
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Jackie Robinson: Before the Dodgers, a 4-sport star at UCLA
Jackie Robinson was an ... he trotted out to first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Major League Baseball celebrates that groundbreaking day every April 15. Robinson died in 1972 at the age of ...
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Jackie Robinson’s impact still felt today
Tuesday was the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. By now, most — if not all — of you are surrounded by homage to the break-down of the color barrier in baseball.