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In 1947 Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Baseball and was the first African American to play Major League Baseball. A member of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Robinson was the first African American to break a record in the Negro league and was one of the best African-American baseball players in history (even though in college, baseball had been his 'worst sport').

Robinson also won an NCAA Championship in the long jump at UCLA in 1940.

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Jackie Robinson (1919-1972) was the first African-American player to integrate Major League Baseball in 1947, having already been an outstanding player in College Football before World War II.

Jackie Robinson faced people spitting on him, calling him names. As Sports Illustrated's Bill Nack wrote: "Robinson was the target of racial epithets and flying cleats, of hate letters and death threats, of pitchers throwing at his head and legs, and catchers spitting on his shoes."

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Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson was an American baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball.

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He was the first African-American baseball player to play in the major leagues.

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