Photos: Jackie Robinson Breaks the Color Barrier in Major League Baseball
April 10, 2013
Jackie Robinson was a suburb baseball player who would have reached the Hall of Fame in any era. (Denver Post File Photo) ( JACKIE PLAYERS 4/1/97.B1379 )
Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in Americas Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era for the Brooklyn Dodgers, making his first appearance on April 15, 1947. Robinson died in 1972, aged 53. American baseball player Jackie Robinson (1919 - 1972) of the Brooklyn Dodgers, circa 1950. (Photo by Curt Gunther/Keystone/Getty Images) ( 72723897 )
American baseball player Jackie Robinson (1919 - 1972) grounds a ball at first place while warming up for an exhibition game against the New York Yankees, Ebbets Field, NYC, 1950s. (Photo by Hulton|Archive/Getty Images) ( 239910_01 )
Brooklyn Dodgers Jackie Robinson steals home as part of a triple steal in the Boston Braves-Booklyn Dodgers game at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field in August 1948. Robinson broke the color barrier and changed baseball forever. (AP Photo/files) ( JACKIE ROBINSON )
Jackie Robinson, infielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers, swings his bat in this action pose at Ebbett's Field in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 9, 1951. (AP Photo) ( BROOKLYN DODGERS ROBINSON.jpg )
Jackie Robinson, a former Brooklyn Dodger infielder, is shown during spring training at Vero Beach, Fla., in this March 1956 file photo. (AP Photo/File) ( JACKIE ROBINSON )
Brooklyn Dodgers' Jackie Robinson safely steals home plate under the tag attempt of Yankees catcher Yogi Berra in the eighth inning of the World Series opener in this Sept. 28, 1955 photo in New York's Yankee Stadium. Robinson was voted 29th of the top 100 athletes of the century by a selected panel assembled by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/John Rooney) ( ATHLETES CENTURY 100 ROBINSON )
Jackie Robinson of the Montreal Royals, making his debut in organized baseball in a game with the Jersey City, N.J. team at Jersey City, April 18, 1946, slides into third base safely the in fifth inning on teammate George Shuba's long fly. Larry Miggins waits for the ball. With Robinson connecting for four hits, one of them a three run homer, the Royals took the game 14-1. (AP Photo/John J. Lent, File) ( JACKIE ROBINSON )
Black players on the Brooklyn Dodgers and Cleveland Indians teams pose at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn in this July 24, 1950 file photo. Left to right, Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn; Larry Doby, Cleveland; Don Newcombe, Brooklyn; Luke Easter, Cleveland; and Roy Campanella, Brooklyn. Doby, who broke the color barrier in the American League in 1947, will be honored at the All-Star game in Cleveland on Tuesday, July 8, 1997.(AP Photo) ( DOBY'S DAY.B1176 )
Jackie Robinson, Dodgers' second baseman, crosses home plate on a steal from third as Giants' catcher Walker Cooper (5) fires the ball to third base in the 7th inning of the Brooklyn - New York game at Ebbets Field, New York, July 4, 1948. Dodgers won 13-12. At right, is George Shuba, Dodger outfielder who was at bat. Umpire is Scotty Robb. (AP Photo/Ray Howard) ( ROBINSON STEALS HOME )
Brooklyn Dodgers' Jackie Robinson, left, is congratulated on his game-winning home run by manager Charley Dressen on September 30, 1951 in Philadelphia. Robinson broke the color barrier and changed baseball forever. (AP Photo/file) ( JACKIE ROBINSON )
Brooklyn Dodgers' infielder Jackie Robinson is shown in this April 18, 1948 file photo. (AP Photo) ( Jackie Robinson )
Brooklyn Dodgers from left, Pee Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson, and Preacher Roe are a happy trio in the clubhouse after the Dodgers beat the Yankees 5-3 in the third game of the World Series at Yankee Stadium in New York City, in this Oct. 3, 1952 photo. (AP Photo) ( JACKIE ROBINSON )
Montreal Royals Jackie Robinson poses on April 18,1946. Robinson broke the color barrier and changed baseball forever.(AP Photo/John J. Lent) ( JACKIE ROBINSON )
1952 photo of Brooklyn Dodgers Jackie Robinson. Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier. (AP PHOTO) ( LITKE ROBINSON.B1310 )
Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher, left, shakes hands with Montreal Royals' Jackie Robinson prior to an exhibition game in Havana, Cuba, March 31, 1947. Robinson broke the color barrier and changed baseball forever. (AP Photo/file) ( JACKIE ROBINSON )
Kansas City Monarachs Jackie Robinson poses on October 23, 1945 . The Monarchs were a Negro League club. Robinson broke the color barrier and changed baseball forever.(AP Photo) ( JACKIE ROBINSON )
In this Jan. 11,1953 photo, Brooklyn Dodgers vice president E.J. "Buzzie" Bavasi, left, sits with players Harold "Pee Wee" Reese, second from left, Jackie Robinson, second from right, and Roy Campanella at the Hotel Lexington in New York. Bavasi, who built Dodgers teams that won the World Series in Brooklyn and Los Angeles. (AP Photo) ( Obit Bavasi Baseball )
Brooklyn Dodgers' president Branch Rickey, right, and star Jackie Robinson confer at the Chicago Baseball Writers' Association annual dinner in Chicago, Ill., in this Jan. 18, 1948 file photo. (AP Photo) ( Robinson Anniversary Baseball )
Jackie Robinson and wife Rachel pose in their Connecticut home in this 1962 file photo. Robinson broke the color barrier and changed baseball forever (AP Photo/file) ( JACKIE ROBINSON )
Roone Arledge,left, Vice-President and executive producer of ABC Sports, looks on as baseball legend Jackie Robinson signs on as a commentator analyst for the ABC-TV telecasts of "Major League Championship Baseball" in this March 18, 1965 photo in New York.(AP PHOTO) ( OBIT ARLEDGE )