A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball ...
Jim Becker, AP reporter who covered Jackie Robinson and an underdog Hawaii football team, dies at 98
Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson ... He watched Robinson become the first Black player on a Major League baseball team when editors sent him to the trailblazing ...
Every MLB team has retired his No. 42 jersey, and on the anniversary of his first appearance for the Dodgers, every MLB player wears the number for “Jackie Robinson Day.” In his 10-year career ...
"Even to this day, I can reflect back of the great players they had, when you think of Kenny Washington, Jackie Robinson. They had a great football team." Reportedly, with UCLA facing 4th and goal ...
Jim Becker, AP Reporter Who Covered Jackie Robinson and an Underdog Hawaii Football Team, Dies at 98
Jim Becker, AP Reporter Who Covered Jackie Robinson and an Underdog Hawaii Football Team, Dies at 98 HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big ...
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