As Sports Illustrated's Bill Nack wrote: "Robinson was the target ... felt the sting of a town's prejudice. Jackie found his home on the playground, playing marbles, soccer, dodgeball, tennis ...

Jackie Robinson is celebrated as the trailblazer who shattered racial barriers in baseball, becoming the first African American to play in the ... excelled in multiple sports during his time ...

He died on Oct. 24, 1972. Jackie Robinson is seen playing football for UCLA in the late 30s. He would go on to win varsity letters in four sports: baseball, basketball, football and track.

Jackie Robinson was an ... After high school, Robinson enrolled at Pasadena Junior College — now Pasadena City College — and was a four-sport star in baseball, football, basketball and track ...

Major League Baseball continues to make sure no one who cares about the game ever forgets Jackie Robinson and ... I'd probably be playing a different sport, but this is the sport I love.

Baseball player and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson has been ... 1946 with a 14-1 victory. Besides Robinson’s athleticism, which included playing four sports in high school, Pohan spoke ...

Jackie Robinson (the fastest back on the coast), stationed just outside right end. He's the man in motion." In the win over Washington, Robinson was involved in a play Oakland Tribune sports ...

Undoubtedly, if there is one person in sports history that deserves ... Naturally, tensions between different groups develop and relations deteriorate. If Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson wanted to ...

"Jackie Robinson ... sports at UCLA. They moved into a working-class neighborhood in Pasadena, where they felt the sting of a town's prejudice. Jackie found his home on the playground, playing ...