Jackie Robinson Biography By Tyler, Devon, Tobias, and Gabe

Slide 3 Jackie’s Childhood Slide 4 Jackie’s college days Slide 5 ackie’s Military life Slide 6 Jackie’s career Slide 7 Why Jackie is important Slide 8 In Memory of Jackie Robinson Table of Contents

Jackie's Childhood Jackie Robinson was born on January 31,1919. Born in Cairo, Georgia As a child he played many sports. Including track, basketball, football, and baseball. As a child he had 4 siblings.

Jackie’s College Days Jackie attended UCLA in his college days In his college days he played football and track He meet his wife in college He withdrew in 1941, his senior year

Drafted in 1942 Drafted to a unit in Fort Riley, Kansas Assigned to 761 Black Panther Squad July 6, 1944 Jackie refused to give up his seat on a military bus Discharged from the military That began his baseball career Jackie Robinson’s Military Life

Jackie Robinson's Career Jackie Robinson had a wife named Rachel. Jackie had 2 sons and 1 daughter. Jackie ran in track did football and most importantly he was a professional baseball player. Jackie was on the MLB team the Dodgers. And when he was in the MLB he hit 137 career home runs. That is Jackie Robinson’s career life.

He was the first black player in the MLB. Branch Rickey (Dodgers owner) is the reason Jackie was able to be in the MLB. He played outstanding defense all over the field, but the importance stretched far beyond what he did between the foul poles. Even though he was getting bad results from the players and the audience he still took it and stayed on the team. There were note’s threatening to kill him and they said we have already got rid of a lot of you and one was just found in a river. Jackie was the reason black people are playing in the MLB today. That is why he was so important to the MLB. Why Jackie Robinson is important in the MLB

In Memory of Jackie Robinson