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was born in Cairo, Georgia in 1919 to a family of sharecroppers. He went to the University of California at Los Angeles. At UCLA he showed a great deal of athletic ability. He was the first student-athlete to win varsity letters in four sports-football, basketba ....

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.... at his head, and received death threats. He also endured malicious catcalls and racial slurs shouted from the stands, along with unsigned letters that threatened his life if he continued to play baseball. Even with all these things going on he still stole home 19 times. He was a graceful fielder, timely hitter, and aggressive base runner. His contributions won the Dodgers new fans, increased attendance at games, and helped make the Dodgers a very competitive team in baseball. Robinson retired after the 1956 season rather than get traded to another team. He finished his career with a .311 batting average. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall ....