http://2xxuz23rft0449gqis2s2t0l.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/FridayQuote-JackieRobinson-DesktopBackground1.jpg http://izquotes.com/quotes-pictures/quote-life-is-not-a-spectator-sport-if-you-re-going-to-spend-your-whole-life-in-the-grandstand-just-jackie-robinson-155787.jpg http://whatwillmatter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/jackieRobinson-e1361900563226.jpg http://www.androsform.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/androsform-best-quotes-jackie-robinson-life.jpg http://meetville.com/images/quotes/Quotation-Jackie-Robinson-hate-Meetville-Quotes-11206.jpg TIMELINE: Date of Birth: January 31, 1919 Place of Birth: Cairo, Georgia Parents: Jerry Robinson and Mallie Robinson Background Facts, Information & Ancestry: His parents divorced when he was young and he was raised by his mother. He was the fourth of five children 1919 - January 31 Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia 1920 - His mother decided to leave Georgia and moved to Pasadena, California, where Jackie was raised 1937 - He enrolled in Pasadena Junior College 1939 - Robinson entered the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), lettering in four sports 1940 - Jackie Robinson won the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) broad jump title 1941 - Played professional football for the Honolulu Bears, a semi-professional football team 1942 - Jackie Robinson was drafted into the United States Army 1943 - Private Robinson was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant 1944 - He was honourably discharged in November following an ankle injury 1945 - Robinson begins his baseball career with the Kansas City Monarchs, a Negro team and was then recruited by Branch Rickey to play for the Minor League team the Montreal Royals 1946 - Robinson married Rachel Isum, a nursing student he met at UCLA 1947 - Jackie Robinson was brought to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers and became the first black player on a Major League team. He suffered considerable racial abuse. The same year he was named 'Rookie of the Year' and featured on the cover of Time magazine 1949 - Robinson was named the National League's Most Valuable Player 1956 - Jackie Robinson was traded to the New York Giants, but decides to retire from Major League Baseball 1960's - He became a vocal supporter of Martin Luther King Jr. and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1962 - Robinson was inducted into Baseball's Hall of Fame 1972 - October 24, Jackie Robinson died of a heart attack at age 53 in Stamford, Connecticut (http://www.datesandevents.org/people-timelines/22-jackie-robinson-timeline.htm) |