Baseball legend Jackie Robinson, born Jan. 31, 1919, ... he became a top collegiate running back at the University of ... football and track. Jackie Robinson was written about in the Oct. 24, 1945 ...

Jackie Robinson shoots the ball while practicing for the UCLA basketball team in 1939. In two years at UCLA, Robinson became a four-letter athlete in track and field, football, basketball and ...

Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier on April 15, 1947, but he was also a gifted athlete in football, basketball, and track and field. He was also an outspoken advocate for equal ...

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Before he broke barriers and records with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie Robinson was a four-sport phenom at UCLA, starring in football, basketball, track and field, and of course, baseball.

Jackie Robinson was a great football star — one of the greatest football players in America — and also a great basketball star and also a great track star. At age 26, he signed to play minor ...

Robinson notches four hits, including a three-run homer, four RBI and two stolen bases in the Royals’ 14-1 victory. That season, he hits .349 and scored 113 runs as he wins the league batting title.

Seven years later, or 28 years after baseball allowed Jackie Robinson to integrate its base paths, Cleveland made Frank Robinson the first black manager in the game. It gave him a one-year contract.

Jackie Robinson with wife, Rachel, and their son David at their home in Stamford, Conn., on Dec. 13, 1956, the day Robinson was traded from the Dodgers to the rival New York Giants.

Then comes Robinson, a force of nature -- whether or not he was running all the time, he was certainly threatening to run at any time. He led the NL with 29 steals in his rookie season and with 37 ...

The 77-inch tall bronze statue depicts Robinson as a rookie in 1947 sliding into home plate, a nod to his aggressive base running. It weighs 700 pounds and is secured with a 150-pound steel rod.