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Jackie Robinson

Jack Roosevelt Robinson was a pioneering American baseball player who integrated Major League Baseball.

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Jackie Robinson is best known for First African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era, breaking the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. On Dead or Alive, Jackie Robinson is listed in the Sports Legends category, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Jackie Robinson is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: First African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era, breaking the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
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About Jackie Robinson

Robinson broke the color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. The Dodgers signing Robinson heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball, which had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s. A four-sport student athlete at Pasadena Junior College and the University of California, Los Angeles, he was better known for football than he was for baseball, becoming a star with the UCLA Bruins football team. Following his college career, Robinson was drafted for service during World War II, but was court-martialed for refusing to sit at the back of a segregated Army bus, eventually being honorably discharged. Afterwards, he signed with the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro leagues, where he caught the eye of Branch Rickey, general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, who thought he would be the perfect candidate for breaking the MLB color line. During his 10-year MLB career, Robinson won the inaugural Rookie of the Year Award in 1947, was an All-Star for six consecutive seasons from 1949 through 1954, and won the National League (NL) Most Valuable Player Award in 1949—the first Black player so honored. Robinson played in six World Series and contributed to the Dodgers' 1955 World Series championship.

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Jackie Robinson is known for First African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era, breaking the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.

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