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Robinson was voted baseball's Rookie of the Year in 1947, and the National League Most Valuable Player in 1949. He was selected for the National League All-Star team six consecutive seasons (1949-54 ) and playedin the World Series in 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, and 1956. Robinson was elected to the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1962, receiving 124 of a possible 160 votes. | Robinson was voted baseball's Rookie of the Year in 1947, and the National League Most Valuable Player in 1949. He was selected for the National League All-Star team six consecutive seasons (1949-54 ) and playedin the World Series in 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, and 1956. Robinson was elected to the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1962, receiving 124 of a possible 160 votes. | ||
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| + | Robinson was a registered Independent, but he described himself as a "Rockefeller Republican."<ref name="long">Long, Michael G., ed (2007). ''First Class Citizenship: the Civil Rights Letters of Jackie Robinson''. Henry Holt. ISBN 0805087109.</ref> He held conservative opinions on several issues, including the [[Vietnam War]], once writing to [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] to defend how [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] was handling the war).<ref name="long"/> Though he supported [[Richard Nixon]] in the 1960 presidential race against [[John F. Kennedy]], he supported [[Hubert Humphrey]] against Nixon in 1968.<ref name="long"/> In 1964, Robinson became one of six national directors for [[Nelson Rockefeller]]'s Republican presidential campaign. Robinson served as special assistant for community affairs when Rockefeller's 1966 re-election as governor of [[New York]].<ref name="loc">[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/robinson/jr1957.html Robinson's Later Career: 1957-1972.] in Baseball, the Color Line, and Jackie Robinson, via [[Library of Congress]]</ref> | ||
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| + | *[http://www.jackierobinson.com/ Jackie Robinson estate official website] | ||
| + | *[http://www.jackierobinson.org/ Jackie Robinson Foundation official website] | ||
| + | *[http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers/detail.jsp?playerId=121314 Jackie Robinson profile] via National Baseball Hall of Fame | ||
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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
Robinson was voted baseball's Rookie of the Year in 1947, and the National League Most Valuable Player in 1949. He was selected for the National League All-Star team six consecutive seasons (1949-54 ) and playedin the World Series in 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, and 1956. Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, receiving 124 of a possible 160 votes.
Political views
Robinson was a registered Independent, but he described himself as a "Rockefeller Republican."[2] He held conservative opinions on several issues, including the Vietnam War, once writing to Martin Luther King, Jr. to defend how Lyndon B. Johnson was handling the war).[2] Though he supported Richard Nixon in the 1960 presidential race against John F. Kennedy, he supported Hubert Humphrey against Nixon in 1968.[2] In 1964, Robinson became one of six national directors for Nelson Rockefeller's Republican presidential campaign. Robinson served as special assistant for community affairs when Rockefeller's 1966 re-election as governor of New York.[3]
References
- ↑ Jackie Robinson (English) (HTML). Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved on May 3 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Long, Michael G., ed (2007). First Class Citizenship: the Civil Rights Letters of Jackie Robinson. Henry Holt. ISBN 0805087109.
- ↑ Robinson's Later Career: 1957-1972. in Baseball, the Color Line, and Jackie Robinson, via Library of Congress
External links
- Jackie Robinson estate official website
- Jackie Robinson Foundation official website
- Jackie Robinson profile via National Baseball Hall of Fame