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  • Jackie Robinson (fourth from left) joins his teammates for introductions on Opening Day at Ebbets Field on April 18, 1952. The Dodgers defeated the New York Giants, 7-6, that day. Robinson played 10 seasons for the Dodgers (1947-56) and was named Rookie of the Year (1947) and National League MVP (1949).
  • Duke Snider (left to right), Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Pee Wee Reese and Gil Hodges are at Dodgertown in Vero Beach, FL (circa 1955) preparing for the season. All five stars made an indelible mark in Dodger history. Snider, Robinson, Campanella and Reese all were enshrined into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, while Hodges has received the most cumulative votes for any player who has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.
  • Jackie Robinson, pitcher Joe Black and catcher Roy Campanella celebrate the 1952 National League Pennant at the championship dinner in September at Brooklyn’s Hotel Bossert.
  • Following their 1956 National League Pennant-winning season, the Dodgers made a goodwill trip to Japan to play 19 games against various Japanese professional teams and All-Star teams. Roy Campanella (left to right), Robinson and Duke Snider give baseball fans in Japan an up close and personal view of the popular Dodgers, as they sign autographs in front of the dugout.
  • Playing with great determination and spirit, Jackie Robinson dares the opposition to stop him from stealing home on September 30, 1955. He made the successful journey stealing home on 19 occasions in his illustrious career. When he retired from the Dodgers in January 1957, Robinson had helped them win six National League Pennants (1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955 and 1956) and one World Series Championship (1955).
  • With the 1947 Spring Training Dodger Roster book in hand, Robinson is preparing to make history, as the first African American to cross the color barrier and play in the major leagues since the nineteenth century. Robinson, who promised Dodger President Branch Rickey "not to fight back" when confronted with all manner of racial slurs and death threats, was uniquely qualified to make the opportunity a success. He spent the 1946 season with the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers’ top farm club, in the International League, where he hit .349 to win the batting crown. He began 1947 Spring Training with the Royals and has the "M" on his cap for Montreal. Robinson was named Rookie of the Year for the majors in 1947, an award which today bears his name in both the National and American Leagues.
  • Top talent on the field pervaded the Dodger organization in the 1950s, including all-time greats (left to right) Pee Wee Reese, Carl Furillo, Jackie Robinson, Carl Erskine, Gil Hodges, Don Newcombe, Duke Snider and Roy Campanella, who unite to chat about baseball by the team’s batting cage.
  • In pregame ceremonies at Game Two of the 1972 World Series in Cincinnati on October 15, Jackie Robinson was saluted on the occasion of his 25th Anniversary of breaking baseball’s color barrier. From left to right behind Jackie and wife Rachel are Joe Reichler of the Commissioner’s Office, Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, daughter Sharon, son David, National League President Charles S. Feeney, Dodger President Peter O’Malley, teammate Joe Black and Monte Irvin of the Commissioner’s Office.
  • On their 1956 goodwill tour of Japan, the Dodgers were big hits with the appreciative fans. Jackie Robinson sits with star pitcher Carl Erskine and autographs baseballs for fans. Standing behind Erskine is Dodger clubhouse custodian Charlie DiGiovanna.
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