This post was published on April 15, 2022.
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson, age 28, becomes the first African American player in Major League Baseball when he steps onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn to compete for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson broke the color barrier in a sport that had been segregated for more than 50 years.
Exactly 50 years later, on April 15, 1997, Robinson’s groundbreaking career was honored and his uniform number, 42, was retired from Major League Baseball in a ceremony attended by over 50,000 fans at New York City’s Shea Stadium. Robinson’s was the first-ever number retired by all teams in the league.*
50 years ago today (April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier as he became the first African American to play in Major Leauge Baseball (MLB). And 50 years after that, his number (52) was retired from all of MLB. Click To Tweet“I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me. All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.”
Jackie Robinson
* Information and images courtest of the History Channel and Wikipedia.
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