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Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson. Alex Schab. 1919. This timeline starts on January 31, 1919 when 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.

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Jackie Robinson

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  1. Jackie Robinson Alex Schab

  2. 1919 • This timeline starts on January 31, 1919 when Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia

  3. 1920 • His mother decided to leave Georgia and moved to Pasadena, California where Jackie was raised

  4. 1937 • He enrolled in Pasadena Junior College

  5. 1939 • Robinson entered the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), lettering in four sports

  6. 1940 • Jackie Robinson won the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA, broad jump title

  7. 1941 • Played professional football for the Honolulu Bears, a semi-professional football team

  8. 1942 • Jackie Robinson was drafted into the Army

  9. 1943 • Private Robinson was commissioned as a second lieutenant

  10. 1944 • He was honorably discharged in November 1944 following an ankle injury

  11. 1945 • Robinson begins baseball career with Kansas City Monarchs, a Negro team and was then recruited by Branch Rickey to play for minor league Montreal Royals

  12. 1946 • Robinson married Rachel Isum, a nursing student he had met at UCLA

  13. 1947 • Jackie Robinson brought to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers and became the first black on 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

  14. 1949 • Named the National League's Most Valuable Player

  15. 1956 • Jackie Robinson he was traded to the New York Giants, but decides to retire from major league baseball

  16. 1960’s • He became a vocal supporter of Martin Luther King Jr. and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

  17. 1962 • Robinson inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame

  18. 1972 • October 24, 1972: Jackie Robinson died of a heart attack (aged 53) in Stamford, Connecticut

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