“ JACKIE ROBINSON ” 1963 BIOGRAPHY TV EPISODE 1st AFRICAN AMERICAN IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL XD45434

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This episode of the television series “Biography” centers on the life of Major League baseball legend Jackie Robinson, and originally aired in 1963. We follow Robinson from his impoverished childhood, athletic success in high school and college, his color barrier-breaking career in professional baseball, and end with his retirement as an executive for the Chock full o’Nuts Coffee Company (and Hall of Fame induction). Hosted by Mike Wallace, written and directed by Alan Landsburg. Jack Roosevelt Robinson (1919 – 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era. During his 10-year MLB career, Robinson won the inaugural Rookie of the Year Award in 1947, was an All-Star for six consecutive seasons, played in six World Series and contributed to the Brooklyn Dodgers’ 1955 World Ser