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Post by nashvillehoyas on Apr 10, 2013 19:55:48 GMT -5
April 10, 1947: The Brooklyn Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson to become as the first professional baseball player.
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Post by HometownHoya on Apr 10, 2013 20:06:38 GMT -5
April 10, 1947: The Brooklyn Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson to become as the first professional baseball player. Impressive, thought baseball had been around longer
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Post by SFHoya99 on Apr 10, 2013 20:16:19 GMT -5
Not only that, but professional baseball started put with integrated leagues.
And once segregated, the Negro Leagues paid their players.
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Post by nashvillehoyas on Apr 10, 2013 20:26:22 GMT -5
April 10, 1947. The Brooklyn Dodgers signed Jackie Robinson to become the first Black professional baseball player.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Apr 10, 2013 20:34:28 GMT -5
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Post by hoyarooter on Apr 11, 2013 12:27:12 GMT -5
I hear he's also a pretty good basketball player. Would it be too late for us to offer?
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Post by SirSaxa on Apr 23, 2013 19:29:54 GMT -5
Just saw the Movie - 42
IMHO, it was a pretty good movie. And an even more impressive story. 1947 -- wasn't all that long ago. OK, for some of our younger board members I'm sure it seems like ancient history. But it was only 66 years ago. We have other board members who are older than that!
I can't imagine how tough it must have been for Jackie Robinson to be the very first one, and for his first year, the only one. 25 years later, in 1972, John Thompson became the first black, D1 head coach. And 12 seasons later became the first black head coach to win the NCAA Championship. And today, we have the first black President of the USA.
Pretty incredible. And, at Georgetown, we can be proud of what our University has contributed. I know I am.
Check out the movie. I think you'll like it.
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