Jackie Robinson: A Brief Biography

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Jackie Robinson was born on January, 31, 1919 he was the youngest of five children who knew he would be the one to change baseball. Jackie was born in Cairo,GA his mother struggled to provide for them so his sister became a surrogate to him. Jackie Robinson attended John Muir high school, Jackie Robinson played four sports football,baseball, and track. Jackie had went on to college at the university of California Los Angeles played college football then went to the military. Jackie was discharged from the military in early 1945 with the rank of first lieutenant. Robinson then signed a contract to play professional baseball with the Monarchs, a Kansas City, Mo. team of the negro league.
Jackie Robinson has five siblings his oldest brother

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