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born in cario georgia with only his mom and 5 siblings. his daddy left them stranded.he also grew up on a cotton plantation
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when jackie was born his daddy left. so his mother had to take care of five children.
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jackie robinson was born on january 1st 1919 and died augest 24 1972
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in 1920 after jerry robinson left which was his dad mallie decided to move to pasadena califoria.they moved so that she could live with her brother.
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when jackie was in high school he went to john muir highschool.
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jackie robinson enrolls into pasendena juinor college in 1937.
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jackie got accepted into university of california at los angels. when he was there he lettered in four activitys baseball,basketball,track,and football.
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in the 1940-41 academic shool year he ran in to the love of his life. he name was Rachel Isum.
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jackie won the ncaa title for beating the long jump record. which was set by his brother.
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in 1942 jackie decides to join the army.also in 1943 he was a second lieutenant
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jackie joins the kansas city monarchs. then later on joins the montreal royals.
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in 1946 jackie and Rachel decide to get married. to think they met as nursing students at ucla.
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in 1947 jackie robinson breaks the color barrier of the baseball leauge by joining the brooklyn dodgers. he was also named rookie of the year in time magazine. also in 1949 he was the most valuable player
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in 1956 he was traded to the new yor giants. so he decided to retire from a great run at the mlb.
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in 1962 jackie robinson joined the baseball hall of fame. he was selected to join because of his great cooperation with all the leauges and he also broke the baseball barrier. jackie robinson was great around all sports and he was awarded the mvp and rookie of the year. if anyone needed a idol to look up to jackie robinson would be that guy.
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in 1972 jack roosevelt robinson died of a heart attack in stamford, connecticut. when he die dhe had bad heart problems and diabetes.
