family. Jackie Robinson was UCLA’s first athlete to play four varsity sports, which were football, basketball, baseball, and track, and it is said that baseball was his worst sport. Although it may seem that sports were the most important part to his college experience, it happens to be meeting his wife, Rachel Isum (Robinson, I Never Had it Made: An Autobiography). After UCLA, Jackie wanted to pursue football professionally, but after the attack on Pearl Harbor, he was drafted into the military,…
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