1949 BROOKLYN DODGERS JACKIE ROBINSON FOOTBALL PHOTO/ARMY-NAVY/BASEBALL WRITERS For Sale

1949 JACKIE ROBINSON FOOTBALL

ORIGINAL ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO

  JACKIE ROBINSON CAUGHT

BROOKLYN DODGERS FLEET FOOTED, BASE STEALING JACKIE ROBINSON IS CAUGHT BY A COUPLE OF HUSKY FOOTBALLERS AT THE BASEBALL WRITERS ANNUAL OUTING AT BEAR MOUNTAIN, NEW YORK, AUG. 15. NOTE THAT JACKIE, A GUEST AT THE OUTING, IS WEARING A SLIPPER ON HIS LEFT FOOT INJURED IN A RECENT GAME. THE FOOTBALLERS, GOBLE BRYANT (LEFT), ARMY, AND SCOTT EMERSON, NAVY ARE MEMBERS OF THE EASTERN COLLEGE ALL-STAR TEAM WHICH IS TRAINING AT BEAR MOUNTAIN FOR THEIR TILT WITH THE NEW YORK GIANTS AT THE POLO GROUNDS IN NEW YORK, SEPT.1. JACKIE STARRED ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD AND DIAMOND WITH THE UCLA BEFORE HE TURNED TO PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL. AP 8/15/49

AN AMAZING JACKIE ROBINSON ORIGINAL PRESS PHOTO

During his first two years with the Dodgers (1947-49), Robinson kept his word to Rickey and endured astonishing abuse amid national scrutiny without fighting back. His dignified courage in the face of virulent racism–from jeers and insults to bean balls, hate mail, and death threats, commanded the admiration of whites as well as blacks.

THIS AMAZING PHOTOGRAPH BELONGS IN

THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME.

THIS UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER CAPTURES A HAPPY JACKIE ROBINSON AT THE SAME TIME PERIOD WHEN WAS ENDURING ALL THE ABUSE NOTED ABOVE. MOST PEOPLE  RECEIVING DEATH THREATS WOULD HAVED STAYED SAFE AT HOME, NOT JACKIE. LOOKING AT HIS FACE IN THIS ONE AMAZING PHOTOGRAPH, GIVES US NO EVIDENCE OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN HIS LIFE, AND FOR THAT ALONE, THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS NOT ONLY AMAZING, IT\'S MAGNIFICENT AND SPECTACULAR!

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PHOTO SIZE: 9\" X 7 1/4\"

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