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Jackie Robinson was born January 31st, 1919, 

in Cairo Georgia. His mom and dad were Jerry 

and Willa Robinson. Jackie's family wasn't the 

richest of families but his parents tried their 

best to let him have a happy life. In 1920 his 

father left them and they moved to Pasadena, 

California.

As a child Jackie Robinson played three sports, 

Baseball, Basketball and he ran track. He was 

an athletic kid who liked to play every sport. 

living in poverty he was convinced to join a 

gang but his friends persuaded him in leaving 

it. Playing sports was his way of escaping the 

real world.

In 1935 Jackie attended Muir Tech High 

School. His brother Mack and frank both great 

athletes recognized that he was a great athlete 

and should pursue his athletic abilities. He 

listened to them and joined baseball, football, 

basketball, tennis and he even ran track. Also 

beside being a great athlete he was a smart 

kid.

After Muir, Jackie attended Pasadena Junior 

College or PJC. At PJC he continued his athletic 

career by participating in basketball, football, 

baseball, and track but dropped playing tennis. 

While Jackie was attending PJC his closet 

brother, Frank, Died in a motorcycle accident. 

After this Jackie was sadder then a mother 

who lost her son and actually stopped playing 

sports for awhile.

After Graduating PJC he transferred to UCLA to 

pursue hes dreams in sports. At UCLA he 

became the first athlete at the school to get 

four varsity letters.   Belying his future career, 

baseball was Jackie worst sport at UCLA, he hit 

.097 in his only season, although in his first 

game he went 4-for-4 and stole home twice. 

While a senior at UCLA he met his future wife 

Rachel Isum.

After signing with the Kansas City Monarchs 

and making $400 a month which is $5,164 in 

today's money. What's weird is that even 

though he played really well the Monarchs 

were unhappy with the way he played like it 

was collage. During his time with the Monarchs 

he hit .387, hit five home runs and stole 13 

bases. Some people say he was faster than a 

cheetah.

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