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Jackie Robinson was born in a log cabin on a plantation in Georgia in 1919. ... Jackie’s dad left when he was sixteen months old, he didn’t know his dad. ... Jackie got in a rock fight because of his skin color. ... Jackie liked to play sports and have fun everyone wanted him on there team. ... Jackie got into a lot of trouble when he was growing up. ... Jackie went to Muir Technical High School and lettered in track and he also played on the football, baseball and basketball teams. ... When Jackie went to Pasadena Junior Collage he jumped 25 feet 6 ½ inches in the broad jump and broke the junior collage national record. In 1939, Jackie went to UCLA and played football, basketball, track and baseball. ... Because of Jackie Robinson black athletes can play professional sports today.
Jackie started playing on a semipro baseball team but was drafted into the Army on March 23, 1942. ... Joe Louis, a great boxer heard about Jackie wanting to go to OCS called someone at the Secretary of War’s office and they changed it so Jackie and others could go to OCS.
Approximate Word count = 850
Approximate Pages = 3.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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