Jack Roosevelt (Jackie) Robinson

A detailed Summary of Jack Roosevelt (Jackie) Robinson

He was the first black person to ever be at bat in the Major Leagues, and made his name famous. But now, everyone seems to have forgotten this great legend. So I hope that this will refresh your memory, had if you've never heard of him this is what happened in his life:

Born on January 31 1919 in Cairo Ga., Jack Roosevelt (Jackie) Robinson, he was raised on the Sasser Plantation. He grew up without a father who left for Florida with another mans wife, leaving his real wife (Mallie Robinson) to raise five kids: Mack, Jack, Edgar, Willa Mae, and Franck, on her own.

After his father left Jack's family became poor and had to live in a cabin. Soon after that, in 1920, Mallie sold a few of her family's things and the family boarded a train to California. They bought a house on Pepper Street in Pasadena.

As child, Jackie enjoyed sports as much as the next kid did. Just before he started school, he became ill with Diphtheria and almost died! He was an average student at his school, in the playground he realized that his amazing talent in sports made him stand made him stand out. More than once he came home with a pocket full of change or an extra lunch, because the kids bribed him into playing

1947 was an important year for Jackie, Because it was the first time he entered e major league field. Ebbets field was where he played his first game.

Now most people know that from 1939 to 1945 Word War II was going on, and therefore Jackie was aware that he'd soon be drafted into the military. It happened on April 3, 1942 Robinson was enrolled or "inducted" into the army, fort Riley in Kansas.

Then, heavy weight champion Joe Louis who was also an African American was assigned to fort Riley. When Jackie told Joe his problem, let's just say that the boxer helped Jackie out. Soon Jackie enrolled in officer school, and became an officer for a unit of black soldiers.

Jackie was soon the target of most commercial offers. He had his own game, stared in the movie, "The Jackie Robinson Story", and even had his own 15minute TV show, "Jackie Robinson's Sports Classroom." He continued his career, and won many awards like the silver bat or the golden shoe award for best athlete. He ended his career in1956 with a batting average of .311 and by all. He made many public appearances, including his last one on October 15 1972. Jackie Robinson died 12 days later on October 27 1972.

After fully recovering, he went onto basketball. He lead his team in scoring rite away, and found that he was the attention of the opposing team's defense. Despite his talent, abuse was a problem. In one game an opposing player, Sam Babich from Long Beach kept on taunting, and fouling him. But by the end of the game, Babich was out cold after picking a fight with Jackie.

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