Jackie Robinson ... in the final AP Poll. Robinson earned All-Pac-10 honors. Robinson was a solid basketball player too, despite being shorter than many players at 5-foot-11.

Jackie Robinson. They had a great football team." Reportedly, with UCLA facing 4th and goal from Southern California's 5-yard line, five UCLA players wanted to kick a field goal and five wanted to ...

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.