LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie Robinson’s legacy is being celebrated ... his first year of eligibility. Robinson died at age 53 of a heart attack in 1972. He's buried at Cypress Hills Cemetery ...

Her children: Roosevelt Ford, Theodore and Jackie Lee Robinson and Louise Robinson Hogan all preceded her in death.

Until his death in 1972, Robinson was a prominent figure in anything he believed in. Fifty years later, baseball is finally paying tribute to a man who at one time was unwanted. Although these ...

LOS ANGELES — Jackie Robinson’s legacy is being celebrated around ... He was inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame in 1962, his first year of eligibility. Robinson died at age 53 of a heart attack in ...

April 15th was Tax Day, but it was also Jackie Robinson Day. In 1947, Brooklyn Dodgers General Manager and President Branch Rickey hired Robinson to be the first black major league player ...

From Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona's perspective, Jackie Robinson Day isn't necessarily a day of celebration, and that's no slight against the Civl Rights icon. Speaking Tuesday in his ...

When I was 7 years old, Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers and became the first African American to play in the major leagues. He was truly one of the game’s greatest players. He could hit ...