Title: U.C.L.A. Yearbook for Jackie Robinson's junior year Author: ** Place: Los Angeles Publisher: Date: 1940 Description: 464 pp. Profusely illustrated from photographs. 30.5x22.5 cm. (12x9"), cloth. Yearbook for Jackie Robinson's junior year at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he had transferred after two years at Pasadena Junior College. He was to become the first African-American to play baseball in the Major Leagues since the 1880s, breaking in with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 after a year in the minor leagues. His athletic prowess was exceptional, and he became UCLA's first athlete to win varsity letters in four sports: baseball, basketball, football, and track. He was particularly productive in football, and he is mentioned in the recap of every game in which he played (he sat down for several due to a knee injury). He is one of six players given a featured picture, and is in at least three other pictures for football. He was a forward on the basketball team, with a featured picture as one of the starting five, and is in two other basketball pictures. He is in the baseball team picture, though it is noted that his appearance on the diamond was delayed due to his activity on the hardcourt. Curiously, he is not mentioned in track section, and in the baseball overview it is noted "Jackie Robinson, in turning down track for baseball, added his name to the records for consistent field play and baserunning." But Robinson did participate in track and he won the 1940 NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship in the Long Jump, jumping 24'10.5". Perhaps the timing of his participation was too late for inclusion in the yearbook. Lot Amendments Condition: Some rubbing to joints and extremities, shaken, very good. Item number: 229003
Title: U.C.L.A. Yearbook for Jackie Robinson's junior year Author: ** Place: Los Angeles Publisher: Date: 1940 Description: 464 pp. Profusely illustrated from photographs. 30.5x22.5 cm. (12x9"), cloth. Yearbook for Jackie Robinson's junior year at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he had transferred after two years at Pasadena Junior College. He was to become the first African-American to play baseball in the Major Leagues since the 1880s, breaking in with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 after a year in the minor leagues. His athletic prowess was exceptional, and he became UCLA's first athlete to win varsity letters in four sports: baseball, basketball, football, and track. He was particularly productive in football, and he is mentioned in the recap of every game in which he played (he sat down for several due to a knee injury). He is one of six players given a featured picture, and is in at least three other pictures for football. He was a forward on the basketball team, with a featured picture as one of the starting five, and is in two other basketball pictures. He is in the baseball team picture, though it is noted that his appearance on the diamond was delayed due to his activity on the hardcourt. Curiously, he is not mentioned in track section, and in the baseball overview it is noted "Jackie Robinson, in turning down track for baseball, added his name to the records for consistent field play and baserunning." But Robinson did participate in track and he won the 1940 NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship in the Long Jump, jumping 24'10.5". Perhaps the timing of his participation was too late for inclusion in the yearbook. Lot Amendments Condition: Some rubbing to joints and extremities, shaken, very good. Item number: 229003
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