Birth Name: Jack Roosevelt Robinson
Date of Birth: January 31, 1919
Place of Birth: Cairo, Georgia
Date of Death: October 24, 1972
Place of Death: Stamford, Connecticut
Ethnicity: African-American
Jackie Robinson was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman. He was the first African-American to play in the major leagues in the modern era. He was the son of Mallie (McGriff) and Jerry Robinson. His middle name, “Roosevelt”, was after President Theodore Roosevelt, who died a few weeks before Jackie’s birth.
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