When he did not win the job in camp, it went to Robinson. Ultimately Brooklyn decided on a different first baseman that year: Jackie Robinson, who played all his games as a rookie at first ...

Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household ... That’s where Robinson -- a 27-year old World War II veteran -- led the ...

Tommy Brown, the last surviving member of the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers and ... first base alongside the legendary Jackie Robinson. Suffice to say, Robinson won the competition and successfully ...

Robinson was the first Black player to break major league baseball’s color barrier, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers Montreal ...

Jackie Robinson was an exceptional athlete and a civil rights leader. On April 15, 1947, he broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he trotted out to first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

"Jackie Robinson's impact was greater ... After Montreal defeated Louisville to win the Junior World Series, admiring fans besieged Robinson. "It was probably the only day in history," Sam Maltin ...

Jackie Robinson played in Louisville before he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. He also came to Kentucky for the March on Frankfort.

In 1949, Robinson led the Dodgers to the World Series for the second time in three seasons and won the Most Valuable Player award. He also began to speak out, arguing calls with umpires and ...

Tuesday was the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. By now ... 297 with 12 home runs and 29 steals to win the National League Rookie of the Year award. Later that ...

Dodgers great Jackie Robinson ... That’s where Robinson -- a 27-year old World War II veteran -- led the Royals to what was called the “Junior World Series,” or “Little World Series." ...

Tommy Brown, a Brooklyn native who ... When he did not win the job in camp, it went to Robinson. "There was a little dissention when Jackie came into camp," Brown recalled in an interview with ...

But then again, there haven't been many people like Jackie Robinson ... 40 bases and led them to the Little World Series championship. April 15, 1947, Robinson's first major-league game ...