By the time he left the academy he was viewed by most as the best basketball player in U.S. Naval Academy history! He holds the record of most blocks in a single season in college basketball with 207 (Basketball.com). Upon graduation, he became eligible for the 1987 NBA Draft and was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the first round...
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But the team had to wait two years before Robinson could play because he had to fulfill two years of Navy duty. He was supposed to do five years of service, but the Navy excused him for three of them because his height prohibited his use in many roles. After his Naval career, many believed Robinson would choose not to sign with the Spurs and to become a free agent...
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Jackie Robinson At U.C.L.A Jackie became the first athlete to win varsity letters in four sports, basketball, baseball, football, and track. He was forced to leave college due to financial difficulties...	1 / 221
Jackie Robinson Sports probably also played a part in that decision. Jackie grew up idolizing his older brother Mack, who was also an outstanding athlete. Mack Robinson was so good in track, he went to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany as a member of the U...	3 / 725
jakie robinson Jackie had proved to the world that black people are the same as, and can be just as good as, any other people in the world. So based on what Jackie Robinson accomplished for himself and for all black people and based on the fact that Jackie Robinson helped the world grow to become a better place than it had been 60 years before I do, absolutely, believe one person can have an effect on the world...	2 / 366
Jackie Robinson Biography (3) Robinson then went on to play football for the semi-professional, racially integrated Honolulu Bears. (5) He returned shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor...	3 / 670