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1. Robinson, Jackie Robinson, Jack Roosevelt Robinsonnoun

   United States baseball player; first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972)

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1. Jackie Robinson

   Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson was an American baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers started him at first base on April 15, 1947. As the first major league team to play a black man since the 1880s, the Dodgers ended racial segregation that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues for six decades. The example of Robinson's character and unquestionable talent challenged the traditional basis of segregation, which then marked many other aspects of American life, and contributed significantly to the Civil Rights Movement. In addition to his cultural impact, Robinson had an exceptional baseball career. Over ten seasons, Robinson played in six World Series and contributed to the Dodgers' 1955 World Championship. He was selected for six consecutive All-Star Games, from 1949 to 1954, was the recipient of the inaugural MLB Rookie of the Year Award in 1947, and won the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 1949—the first black player so honored. Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. In 1997, Major League Baseball "universally" retired his uniform number, 42, across all major league teams; he was the first pro athlete in any sport to be so honored. Initiated for the first time on April 15, 2004, Major League Baseball has adopted a new annual tradition, "Jackie Robinson Day", on which every player on every team wears #42.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of jackie robinson in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

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   The numerical value of jackie robinson in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of jackie robinson in a Sentence

1. Spike Lee:

   The character in my film' Da 5 Bloods,' Stormin' Norman, the way his brothers view him as like almost mythical. As Clarke Peters ' character says,' Clarke Peters ' character's Clarke Peters ' character.' They revered Clarke Peters ' character, and so Spike Lee just can't cast anybody for that, because the way these guys are describing Clarke Peters ' character, Clarke Peters ' character's mythic. So mythic Spike Lee're talking about an actor who played Jackie Robinson ; the Godfather, Soul Brother No. 1, James Brown ; Thurgood Marshall ; then Soul Brother No. 1.

2. Dusty Baker:

   I think about Hank Aaron and Jackie Robinson and Frank Robinson, who helped me a lot, Bill Walsh, all the general managers and owners I've had, whether Hank Aaron and Jackie Robinson fired me eventually or not, it just sort of added to my perseverance and determination and faith. I've also got to thank my detractors for giving me the motivation to go on because there's a lot of people that doubted me in the beginning when I first got the job with no experience, a lot of them that doubted me even though I was winning.

3. Bob Kendrick:

   When Jackie Robinson stepped on the field as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers, for us Black folk, it was our Neil Armstrong landing on the moon.

4. Tim Anderson:

   La Russa was trying to call me Jackie Robinson, like' What's up, Jackie ?' i don't play like that. I wasn't really bothering nobody today, but La Russa made the comment and it was disrespectful. I don't think it was called for. It was unnecessary.

5. Tiger Woods:

   He's like my grandpa that I never had, and it's been a long night and it's going to be a long few days. Woods lauded Sifford, often called the Jackie Robinson of golf, for the.