2. Jack’s Early Life
 Date of birth January 31, 1919 in Cairo, GA
 Parents Jerry and Mallie Robinson
 Siblings Edgar, Frank, Matthew and Willa
Mae
 Got his middle name from President
The0dore Roosevelt
 Father left the family
 Moved to Pasadena, CA in 1920
 Graduated from Washington Junior High
School in 1935

3. Early Life (Continued)
 Played football, basketball, baseball, track and tennis
 Went to Pasadena Junior College for sports where he played basketball, football, baseball
and tennis
 1938 got arrested for standing up for a black friend
 Gave him a reputation for being aggressive toward racial disagreements
 1939 went to UCLA to play sports
 1941 went back to California to pursue his football career with the Los Angeles Bulldogs
or the Pacific Cost League

4. Military Career
 1942 Jack Robinson was drafted into
the Army with a unit from Ft. Riley,
Kansas
 Applied for Officers Candidate
School in Ft. Riley
 1943 was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant
 Was reassigned to Ft. Hood, Texas
 1944 got arrested for refusing to
move to the back of a nonsegregated military bus when asked
to by the driver

5. Baseball Career
 Wrote a Negro American League
baseball team named the Kansas
City Monarch asking for a tryout
 1945 Kansas City Monarch sent
Robinson an offer to play baseball in
the Negro Leagues
 1946 was asked to spring training for
the Montreal Royals a farm team of
the Brooklyn Dodgers
 April 15, 1947 was Robinson Major
League Baseball debut and was the
first Black American to paly
professional bseball

6. Baseball Career (Continued)
 1947 Robinson was named the Rookie of the Year
 1949 was named the National League MVP (Most Valuable Player)
 1955 lead the Dodgers to the World Series Championship where they won it
 1962 inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame
 Retired from baseball on January 5, 1957

7. Family / Death
 Wife Rachel
 Three kids Jackie Jr., Sharon and
David
 Jackie Jr died in 1971

8. Awards and Recognition
 Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962
 1965 was the first black baseball analyst
 1997 MLB permanently retired his baseball jersey #42
 2003 was awarded the Congressional Gold Medial