The award became national in 1947 ; Jackie Robinson, the Brooklyn Dodgers ' first baseman, won the inaugural award.

Greenberg played first base for the Pirates in 1947 and was one of the few opposing players to publicly welcome Jackie Robinson to the majors.

Greenberg was traded to the National League in 1947, which was Jackie Robinson's rookie year.

In 1987, both the National and American League Rookie of the Year Awards were renamed the " Jackie Robinson Award " in honor of the first recipient ( Robinson's Major League Rookie of the Year Award in 1947 encompassed both leagues ).

City Island Ballpark in Daytona Beach, Florida — the baseball field that became the Dodgers ' de facto spring training site in 1947 — was renamed Jackie Robinson Ballpark in 1989.

The 1884 club was the only major league team with black players ( Moses Fleetwood Walker and his brother, Welday Walker ) prior to Jackie Robinson's appearance with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.

Williams was referring to two of the most famous names in the Negro Leagues, who were not given the opportunity to play in the Major Leagues before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947.

Jackie Robinson's first season in the Major Leagues came in 1947, and Campanella began his Major League career with the Brooklyn Dodgers the following season, playing his first game on April 20, 1948.

'” His role in nurturing Jackie Robinson aside, 1947 was a superb year for Reese, as he batted. 284 with a league-leading 104 walks.

Stanley Matthews, who became a regular source of goals for Mortensen, joined Blackpool in 1947, as did centre-forward Jackie Mudie.

In 1947 at the age of 23, Doby joined Jackie Robinson in breaking the MLB color barrier as he became the first black player to integrate the American League ( AL ) when he signed a contract to play with Bill Veeck's Cleveland Indians.

In 1947, Veeck gave a speech in an Ohio town and afterward was asked a question regarding Jackie Robinson's chances of making it as a major leaguer, to which Veeck responded he did not believe Robinson would fare well.

After his 1946 military discharge he returned to Brooklyn and saw play as a catcher in 1947, joining the team's already solid nucleus of Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese and Carl Furillo ; but the emergence of Roy Campanella made it evident that Hodges had little future behind the plate, and he was shifted by manager Leo Durocher to first base, where his play came to be regarded as exemplary.

In 1947, the award became an official MLB award ( voted on by the national BBWAA ), with Jackie Robinson as its first recipient.

Remaining the GM through the 1947 season, he continued the team's policy of not signing black players ( an unofficial league-wide policy that stayed in place until Jackie Robinson's signing by Brooklyn Dodgers GM Branch Rickey and Robinson's debut with the AAA Montreal Royals in 1946 ).

Additionally, numerous former players with the Negro Leagues played in the Senior Intercounty Baseball League after the Negro Leagues gradually folded after Jackie Robinson broke the " colour barrier " in 1947, including pitcher Ted Alexander of the Kansas City Monarchs and the Homestead Grays ( 1950-51 London Majors ); Wilmer Fields ( Brantford Red Sox ); Jimmy Wilkes ( retired jersey # 5 for the Brantford Red Sox, later became a City league umpire after a decade with Brantford ); Gentry ( Geep ) Jessup ( Galt Terriers ); Larry Cunningham ( Galt Terriers, Hamilton Cardinals ); Ed Steele ( Galt ) and Shanty Clifford ( Galt and Brantford ); Luther Clifford ; Max Manning ; Lester Lockett ; Bob Thurman and Stanley Glenn ( St. Thomas Elgins ); all made numerous appearances at Labatt Park in the 1950s.

In the spring of 1947, he let it be known that he would not tolerate the dissent of those players on the team who opposed Jackie Robinson's joining the club, saying:

Irvin was one of the first black players to be signed after baseball's color line was broken by Jackie Robinson in 1947.

John Curtis Holder, Jr. ( February 19, 1947 – May 15, 1985 ), better known as Jackie Curtis, was an American actor, writer, singer and Warhol Superstar.

After Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 and broke the color line in Major League Baseball, the Negro Leagues began to struggle.

The color line in American baseball excluded players of black African descent from Major League Baseball and affiliated minor leagues, until Jackie Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers organization for the 1946 season and in 1947, both Robinson in the National League and Larry Doby with the American League's Cleveland Indians appeared in games for the first time in MLB history.

On September 11, 1947, Joe Garagiola and Jackie Robinson were involved in an incident at home plate.

In 1947, Barlick was the first base umpire during Jackie Robinson's Major League debut.

It is alleged that Chapman – who later gained great infamy for his taunting of Jackie Robinson in 1947, while Chapman was the manager of the Phillies – not only spiked Myer, but hurled a number of anti-semitic epithets at him.

Robinson broke the baseball color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.

Robinson was one of only two players during the span of 1947 – 56 to accumulate at least 125 steals while registering a slugging percentage over. 425 ( Minnie Miñoso was the other ).

According to a poll conducted in 1947, Robinson was the second most popular man in the country, behind Bing Crosby.

* 1947 – Gene Robinson, American bishop

** Dar Robinson, American film stuntman ( b. 1947 )

Classics Illustrated # 10, Robinson Crusoe, first published 1947

Classics Illustrated # 10, Robinson Crusoe, c. 1947.

* Robert Robinson, Nobel Laureate ( 1947, Chemistry )

In June 1947, after four non-title bouts, Robinson was scheduled to defend his title for the first time in a bout against Jimmy Doyle.

Stephen Edward Robinson ( born 1947 ) is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a Mormon scholar and apologist.

When Robinson joined the Dodgers in 1947 and traveled with them during their first road trip, he was heckled by fans in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Vicky Gene Robinson ( born May 29, 1947 in Fayette County, Kentucky ) is the ninth bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America .< ref name =" adams ">

That Chandler supported Robinson and the integration of baseball is evidenced by his actions during the 1947 season.

* Swiss Cheese Family Robinson ( Mighty Mouse episode, 1947 )

In 1947, she triumphed as Medea in a version of Euripides ' tragedy, written by the poet Robinson Jeffers and produced by John Gielgud, who played Jason.

Treaties signed in 1947 and 1948 with the Soviet Union included obligations and restraints on Finland, as well as territorial concessions.

The Republic of India and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan signed their first bilateral agreement for cooperation and friendly relations in 1947, which was formalized in 1950 when India became a sovereign democratic republic.

The clause also embraces a right to travel, so that a citizen of one state can go and enjoy privileges and immunities in any other state ; this constitutional clause was expressly extended to Puerto Rico by the U. S. Congress through the federal law and signed by the President Harry S. Truman in 1947.

#: The details were discussed at later that year at the Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers and the treaties were signed in 1947 at the Paris Peace Conference

Like most of the other former European Axis powers the Italian peace treaty was signed at the 1947 Paris Peace Conference.

Williams later signed a $ 70, 000 contract in 1947.

The Convention of the World Meteorological Organization was signed 11 October 1947 and established upon ratification in 1950.

Finland signed a peace treaty with the Allied powers in 1947.

The National Security Act of 1947 (, codified at ) was an Act of Congress signed by President Truman on, and realigned and reorganized the U. S. Armed Forces, foreign policy, and Intelligence Community apparatus in the aftermath of World War II.

President Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 onboard this C-54 Skymaster | VC-54C Presidential transport, the first aircraft used for the role of Air Force One

President Harry S. Truman signed the McMahon / Atomic Energy Act on August 1, 1946, transferring the control of atomic energy from military to civilian hands, effective from January 1, 1947.

As it happened, separate negotiations on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) moved more quickly, with an agreement signed in October 1947 ; in the end, the US never signed the ITO agreement.

In 1947, while many Hollywood figures were being blacklisted for similar activities, Peck signed a letter deploring a House Un-American Activities Committee investigation of alleged communists in the film industry.

However, there have been many significant challenges facing Istro-Romanians in preserving their language, culture and ethnic identity, including emigration from communism and migration to nearby cities and towns after World War II, when the Paris Peace Treaty with Italy that was signed on February 10, 1947 took Istria away from Italy ( which had previously gained Istria after World War I ) and awarded it to Yugoslavia, the parent country of present-day Croatia and Slovenia, who split Istria in two parts amongst themselves, while Italy retained the small portion near Trieste.

In early 2005, Kreuk signed on to the 2007 Canadian independent film Partition, playing Naseem, a vulnerable 17-year-old whose world is shattered by the trauma of the Partition of India in 1947 ; the character also falls in love with an ex-British Indian Army officer.

Although his political involvement upset the owners of the film studios, he continued to be given work and in 1947 became one of the highest paid scriptwriters in Hollywood when he signed a contract with 20th Century Fox at $ 2, 000 a week.

Governor Vail Pittman signed the Bill on March 27, 1947, helping save Henderson from becoming war surplus property.

Page 1 of the Instrument of Accession to the Union of India signed on 26 October 1947, and accepted the following day.

The portrait of Hammer was painted in 1889 by the Swiss-born American artist Adolfo Müller-Ury ( 1862 – 1947 ) and is signed Muller d ' Uri.

Williams signed with MGM Records in 1947 and released " Move It On Over ", which became a massive country hit.

* 1947: Franco-Italian Agreement signed for the planning of a tunnel under Mont Blanc.

The 1947 letter, purported to be signed by Harry Truman, authorizing " Operation Majestic Twelve ".

In March 1947, President Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9835, creating the “ Federal Employees Loyalty Program ” establishing political-loyalty review boards who determined the “ Americanism ” of Federal Government employees, and recommended termination of those who had confessed to spying for the Soviet Union, as well as some suspected of being " Un-American ".