Ian's Jackie Robinson timeline
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Updated: 29 Oct 2017
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Created byNathan Lynes
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Birth of Jackie Robinson in Cairo, GeorgiaMay, 1920: Moved to Pasadena, California1939-1941 Became a football hero at UCLA, as well as a baseball basketball and track star. Met his future with Rachel Isum, a nursing student1942-1944: served in the U.S. army, during which time he was stationed in Kansas, Texas, and Kentucky.Started playing professional baseball on the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues.Played for the Montreal also married Rachel Isum on February 10.Became the first black american to join major league baseball as a member of the Brooklyn dodgersHelped Dodgers win the world seriesReceived the springarn medal from the NAACP for his civil rights contrbutionsretired from baseballFirst black American to be inducted into the baseball hall offaneThe Dodgers retired his #42 uniform. The number was never assigned to anone else.Jackie died of a heart attack on October 24 in Stamford Connecticut
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