1. Jackie
Robinson

3. Jackie Robinson was
born on January 31,
1919.

4. Jackie Robinson
is not still alive
He died in 1972
at 53 years old.

5. Jackie Robinson was
famous because he was the
first African American to
play major league baseball.
He was also the National
League’s Most Valuable
player back in 1949.

6. One interesting fact
about Jackie
Robinson is that he
joined the Army
during World War ll.

8. Another interesting fact
about this person is his
baseball number was
retired so no other Major
League team uses number
42.

9. I also learned that
Jackie Robinson was
awarded a medal called
The Presidential Medal
of Freedom.

10. If I could meet Jackie
Robinson then I would
ask him, “Why did you
pick baseball over the
Army?”

11. While researching,
Jackie Robinson I
gathered most of he
information from the
book Jackie Robison
by Sally M. Walker.

13. Researched and Written by:
Carmine