* Jackie Robinson Day ( Major League Baseball )

It is a common misconception that Jackie Robinson was the first African-American major-league ballplayer ; he was actually only the first after a long gap ( and the first in the modern era ).

In 1947, Jackie Robinson signed a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the color barrier that had prevented talented African American players from entering the white-only major leagues.

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

The award was renamed the Jackie Robinson Award in July 1987, 40 years after Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color line.

Of the 128 players named Rookie of the Year, 14 have been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame — Jackie Robinson, five American League players, and eight others from the National League.

" Past winners such as Jackie Robinson, Don Newcombe, and Sam Jethroe had professional experience in the Negro Leagues.

* Dedicating April 15 as Jackie Robinson Day ( 2004 )

It first appeared in Shea Stadium, and the original can still be seen on display at Citi Field, outside the Jackie Robinson Rotunda.

Under Veeck's leadership, one of Cleveland's most significant achievements was breaking the color barrier in the American League by signing Larry Doby, formerly a player for the Negro League's Newark Eagles in, eleven weeks after Jackie Robinson signed with the Dodgers.

The Chicago Cubs retired numbers are commemorated on pinstriped flags flying from the foul poles at Wrigley Field, with the exception of Jackie Robinson, the Brooklyn Dodgers player whose number 42 was retired for all clubs.

He was one of the few opposing players publicly to welcome Jackie Robinson to the majors.

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.

( Jackie Robinson had broken the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League 11 weeks earlier.

* 1944 – Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court martial.

Jack Roosevelt " Jackie " Robinson ( January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972 ) was an American baseball player who became the first black Major League Baseball ( MLB ) player of the modern era.

Since that time, Major League Baseball has adopted a new annual tradition, " Jackie Robinson Day ," in which all players on all teams wear # 42.

Robinson portrayed himself in the 1950 motion picture The Jackie Robinson Story.

* Andre Braugher, in the 1990 TNT television movie The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson.

In 1970, Robinson established the Jackie Robinson Construction Company to build housing for low-income families.

-- Boston Red Sox Outfielder Jackie Jensen said Monday night he was through playing baseball.

She said, when she learned Jackie was heading home: `` I'm just speculating, but I have to think Jack feels he's hurting Boston's chances ''.

Rumble in the Bronx was a 1995 Jackie Chan kung-fu film, another which popularised the Bronx to international audiences.

Charlton was related to several professional footballers on his mother's side of the family: his uncles were Jack Milburn ( Leeds United and Bradford City ), George Milburn ( Leeds United and Chesterfield ), Jim Milburn ( Leeds United and Bradford City ) and Stan Milburn ( Chesterfield, Leicester City and Rochdale ), and legendary Newcastle United and England footballer Jackie Milburn, was his mother's cousin.

Though Charlton was a candidate to go in goal to replace Wood ( in the days before substitutes, and certainly before goalkeeping substitutes ), it was teammate Jackie Blanchflower who ended up between the posts.

This first fatality, Jackie Duddy, was among a crowd who were running away.

The Kid ( 1921 film ) | The Kid ( 1921 ), with Jackie Coogan, combined comedy with drama and was Chaplin's first film to exceed an hour.

However, with the exception of the Grammy Award-winning " Nightshift " (# 3 in the U. S., a tribute to Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson ; in 2010 a new version was recorded dedicated to Michael Jackson ), the band never achieved the same level of success it had enjoyed with Richie.

Jackie Mason was banned from the series in October 1964 ( the ban was removed a year and a half later, and Mason made his final appearance on the show ).

In 1962, he directed Jackie Gleason in Gigot in Paris, but the film was drastically re-cut by Seven Arts Productions and flopped.

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

He was the voice of Jackie A in Tommy and the Cool Mule.

Brown also made a cameo appearance in the 2002 Jackie Chan film The Tuxedo, in which Chan was required to finish Brown's act after Brown was accidentally knocked out by Chan.

Jackie Robinson Parkway also runs through the cemetery.

She also had a major recurring role on ER as Jackie Robbins, sister to Dr. Peter Benton.

She also played the recurring character Jackie Robbins on ER.

The album is also notable for containing a number of covers of songs by other artists, including The Ramones (" The Return of Jackie and Judy " and " Danny Says "), Daniel Johnston (" King Kong "), Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht (" What Keeps Mankind Alive "), and Leadbelly (" Ain't Goin ' Down to the Well " and " Goodnight Irene "), as well as renditions of works by poets and authors admired by Waits, such as Charles Bukowski and Jack Kerouac and a previously released duet with Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse entitled " Dog Door ".

They are also one of the major elements in movies such as The V. I. P. s, Airplane !, Airport, Die Hard 2, Soul Plane, Jackie Brown, Get Shorty, Home Alone, Liar Liar, Passenger 57, Final Destination, Unaccompanied Minors, Catch Me If You Can, Rendition and The Langoliers.

Until Jackie Robinson was hired by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1946, a gentlemen's agreement also ensured that African American players were excluded from organized baseball.

It also made nine-year-old Jackie Cooper the first child star of the 1930s, an era noted for its numerous, popular child actors.

Jackie Wilson and Sam Cooke are also often acknowledged as soul forefathers.

Former MLB players and coaches have also coached or managed in the Northern League including Terry Bevington, " Dirty " Al Gallagher, Jackie Hernández, Danny Jackson, Maury Wills, Tim Johnson, Ron Kittle, Hal Lanier, Darryl Motley, Matt Nokes, and Wayne Terwilliger.

In the 1983 martial arts film Project A, Jackie Chan also played an homage to Lloyd ( whom he has frequently cited as an influence on his work ) by falling from a clock tower.

( Jackie Robinson, Don Newcombe and Larry Doby were also All-Stars in 1949.

Campanella was also mentioned in the lyrics of the song " Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit that Ball?

Saxophonist Jackie McLean, a stalwart of the label's hard bop output since the late 1950s, also crossed over into the avant-garde in the early 1960s, whose notable avant-garde albums included One Step Beyond and Destination Out.

Phillips recorded what some — notably music historian Peter Guralnick — consider the first rock and roll record: " Rocket 88 " by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats, a band led by 19-year-old Ike Turner, who also wrote the song.

Parks also had a recurring role as Little Tommy Manacotti ( the kid from upstairs ) on Jackie Gleason's The Honeymooners.

Adair also sought to work closely with Belfast-based dissidents such as Frankie Curry and Jackie Mahood, provoking further anger from the UVF.

Jackie Robinson, who beginning in 1991 sustained a nine-year off-and-on relationship with Adair, backed up this claim in an interview with The Mirror, in which she also alleged that Adair has been having sex with long-term friend and fellow loyalist Sam McCrory since they were teenagers Adair staunchly denies these claims.

* Branch Rickey, baseball agent that signed Jackie Robinson ; also credited with forming the farm leagues for Major League Baseball

They also reached the 1951 FA Cup Final, where they were favourites to beat opponents Newcastle ; however Matthews ended up with a second runners-up medal thanks to a brace from Jackie Milburn.

The follow-up " Jackie Wilson Said ( I'm in Heaven When You Smile )", a cover of a Van Morrison tune, also reached the top 5 in the UK singles chart.

Actors who appeared more than once, sometimes in different roles, included Johnny Silver, Amzie Strickland, Eleanor Audley, Sandy Kenyon ( who also appeared in the 2004 reunion special ), Jackie Joseph, Doris Singleton, Peter Hobbs, Len Weinrib, Burt Remsen, George Tyne, Bella Bruck, Jerry Hausner, Herb Vigran, Alvy Moore, Jane Dulo, Bernard Fox, Dabbs Greer, Elvia Allman ( as Herman Glimscher's mother ), and Tiny Brauer.

* The Benny Hill Show also spoofed the dance troupe as " Pam's People ," with Benny Hill, Henry McGee, Bob Todd, Jackie Wright and Earl Adair appearing in drag.

Moore and Prater listed Jackie Wilson and Sam Cooke as influences on their styles, and Moore was also influenced by Little Willie John, whom he and Dave opened for often in the early 1960s.