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'''Jackie Roosevelt Robinson''' (January 31, 1919 - October 24, 1972) was the first black [[Major League Baseball]] player.  Robinson played second base for the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] from 1947 until his retirement in 1956.  Prior to joining the Dodgers he played for the Kansas City Monarchs of the old Negro League in 1945, and the Dodgers' Triple-A affiliate [[Montréal]] Royals, where he became the first black baseball player to play on an integrated team, in 1946. He was also was a four sport star (baseball, [[football]], [[basketball]] and [[track]]) at [[UCLA]].
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'''Jackie Roosevelt Robinson''' (Cairo, [[Georgia]], January 31, 1919 - Stanford , [[Connecticut]], October 24, 1972) was the first black [[Major League Baseball]] player.  Robinson played second base for the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] from 1947 until his retirement in 1956.  Prior to joining the Dodgers he played for the Kansas City Monarchs of the old Negro League in 1945, and the Dodgers' Triple-A affiliate [[Montréal]] Royals, where he became the first black baseball player to play on an integrated team, in 1946. He was also was a four sport star (baseball, [[football]], [[basketball]] and [[track]]) at [[UCLA]].
    
== Career ==
 
== Career ==
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