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Sunday, April 10, 2005 |
On This Day In Sports
Today, April 10, 1947:
NEW YORK [Thursday]-Jackie Robinson, 28-year-old infielder, today became the first Negro to achieve major-league baseball status in modern times. His contract was purchased from the Montreal Royals of the International League by the Dodgers and he will be in a Brooklyn uniform at Ebbets Field tomorrow, when the Brooks oppose the Yankees in the first of three exhibition games over the week-end.A native of Georgia, Robinson won fame in baseball, football, basketball and track at the University of California at Los Angeles before entering the armed service as a private. He emerged a lieutenant in 1945 and in October of that year was signed to a Montreal contract. Robinson's performances in the International League, which he led in batting last season with an average of .349, prompted President Branch Rickey of the Dodgers to promote Jackie.
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