.dMKvOx{line-height:1.2;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__subnav{border-top:solid 4px #057AFF;}/*!sc*/ His children laugh about how fast he would zip along the Los Angeles areas Arroyo Seco Parkway as if it were the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__tagline{margin-right:auto;display:none;}/*!sc*/ So, yes, it bugged Mack to have finished second to Owens. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__secondary-logos img{max-height:56px;max-width:none;}/*!sc*/ .groqnz .ad-body-container .ad-body-inner-container{margin-bottom:32px;padding:43px 0 16px 0;position:relative;text-align:center;width:343px;}/*!sc*/ He couldn't stand anybody being in front of him.\n\nAnd be it on the freeway or the Olympic track, Mack always expected to finish first. Elsewhere in Pasadena, Jackie Robinson's other brother, Edgar, 76, lives in a rest home, while his sister, Willa Mae Walker, 71, worries that her $740 monthly income from Social . Instead, Jackie was recruited by UCLA and went on to the baseball Major Leagues, fame, and six All-Star honors. @font-face{font-family:'proxima-nova';src:url('https://www.mlbstatic.com/mlb.com/fonts/proxima-nova-regular.woff2') format('woff2'),url('https://www.mlbstatic.com/mlb.com/fonts/proxima-nova-regular.woff') format('woff');font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-display:fallback;}/*!sc*/ It means that only one other person in the world was better than you. In the finals -- in a precursor to what would transpire in Berlin -- Mack was bested by Owens in the 200-meter by a foot. Each weighs approximately 2,700 pounds. article ul{list-style:disc;}/*!sc*/ With an incredible time of 20.7 seconds -- or half a second better than Tolans Olympic record -- Owens won his third medal in as many days. .evwvnJ{line-height:1.5;margin:0 auto 16px;max-width:470px;padding-left:0;position:relative;width:-webkit-fit-content;width:-moz-fit-content;width:fit-content;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-side__nav-item{width:100%;-webkit-order:0;-ms-flex-order:0;order:0;background-color:#081c3b;border-bottom:1px solid #002867;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top .header__nav-top__button-menu--icon span{display:block;position:absolute;height:2px;width:24px;background:#ffffff;opacity:1;-webkit-transform:rotate(0deg);-ms-transform:rotate(0deg);transform:rotate(0deg);-webkit-transition:all 250ms ease-in-out;transition:all 250ms ease-in-out;border-radius:3px;}/*!sc*/ In 2016, the 1936 Olympic journey of the eighteen Black American athletes, including Robinson, was documented in the film Olympic Pride, American Prejudice.[5]. I was never injured, and I felt that the only way to succeed is to be ready and to stay in shape. Edgar Robinson 1910 - 1994 . .blUWSx .share-button{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;background:none;border:none;padding:0;cursor:pointer;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb .p-search__list--multiple-type .p-search-item--team:first-of-type:before,.mHQYb .p-search__list--multiple-type .p-search-item--team + .p-search-item--player:before{color:#737373;font-size:12px;position:absolute;left:10px;top:10px;padding-top:12px;}/*!sc*/ The love that Daddy had for his brother, says Macks daughter Kathy Robinson Young, is manifested in that statue.. .mHQYb .mlb-header__login-menu__link:hover{background-color:#e2e2e2;color:#002867;border-radius:3px;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__nav-item--spotlight:hover{background-color:lighten;}/*!sc*/ @media (min-width:768px){.mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__tagline{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-box-pack:start;-webkit-justify-content:flex-start;-ms-flex-pack:start;justify-content:flex-start;}}/*!sc*/ textarea{overflow:auto;}/*!sc*/ data-styled.g156[id="newsletterOptinstyle__Fieldset-sc-d7sh2p-1"]{content:"HQoYx,"}/*!sc*/ data-styled.g161[id="newsletterOptinstyle__Submit-sc-d7sh2p-6"]{content:"huJzbO,"}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__subnav__item:focus,.mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__subnav__item:hover{border-radius:3px;background-color:#dddddd;color:#002867;}/*!sc*/ .hHLkAw{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;height:100%;position:relative;}/*!sc*/ First African American to play in major league baseball. The finals were where Owens would help cement his legend. ","type":"markdown"},{"__typename":"PullQuote","author":"Mack Robinson","quote":"Its not too bad to be second-best in the world at what youre doing, no matter what it is. .mHQYb header.mlb-header.mlb-header--side-nav-open .header__nav-side__nav-item[aria-expanded='true']{-webkit-overflow-scrolling:touch;}/*!sc*/ Mack Robinson passed away in a Pasadena hospital in 2000 at the age of 87. On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the modern era. .fFwXhn{margin:0;}/*!sc*/ .dLQAwR{-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;margin-right:8px;min-height:48px;margin-bottom:8px;padding-right:8px;}/*!sc*/ hr{box-sizing:content-box;height:0;overflow:visible;}/*!sc*/ Underwhelmingly, Jackie grounded out . The Olympic family is something unique, Wayne says. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__subnav__group-title{color:#aaaaaa;font-weight:700;font-size:12px;background-color:#ffffff;text-transform:uppercase;}/*!sc*/ There, Jackies head purposefully faces east, out toward Brooklyn and the baseball world he uprooted after bidding his hometown goodbye for good.\n\nBut Macks face points toward City Hall -- the civic center of the town where he took the hard lessons of the injustices he had endured in a life in the shadows and nobly tried to do some good. My dad was a pain in the neck to a lot of the city officials, his son Wayne says with a laugh. But Mack -- the man whose most famous moment was finishing second -- was the first to ensure Jackie was given his due. 3 In July of 1944, Robinson was a second lieutenant in the 761st Tank Battalion at Fort Hood, Texas. .mHQYb header.mlb-header.mlb-header--side-nav-open .header__nav-side__nav-item[aria-expanded='true'] .header__nav-side__nav-item__subnav-arrow{opacity:0;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-side__nav-items{background-color:#041E42;}/*!sc*/ Furthermore, at the 1936 Summer Games (Berlin), Mack tracked Owens to a world record in the 200 m, gaining the silver medal with a 21.1 to Owens' 20.7. .mHQYb .p-search-item__image-selector--active{background-color:#4c8cee;}/*!sc*/ @font-face{font-family:'proxima-nova';src:url('https://www.mlbstatic.com/mlb.com/fonts/proxima-nova-black-italic.woff2') format('woff2'),url('https://www.mlbstatic.com/mlb.com/fonts/proxima-nova-black-italic.woff') format('woff');font-style:italic;font-weight:900;font-display:fallback;}/*!sc*/ Older brother of baseball legend Jackie Robinson. .drUhS rect{fill:#000000;stroke:#000000;}/*!sc*/ Most Valuable Player in baseball in 1938. Who inspired Jackie? .cHcHkC{font-size:1.2rem;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0;max-height:48px;overflow:hidden;position:relative;display:-webkit-box;width:100%;-webkit-line-clamp:2;-webkit-box-orient:vertical;}/*!sc*/ button:-moz-focusring,[type="button"]:-moz-focusring,[type="reset"]:-moz-focusring,[type="submit"]:-moz-focusring{outline:1px dotted ButtonText;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top .header__nav-top__button-menu{cursor:pointer;}/*!sc*/ In the course of a distinguished 10-year career beginning in 1947, Robinson led the Brooklyn Dodgers to six National League titles and one victorious World . data-styled.g154[id="newsletterLogostyle__NewsletterLogoContainer-sc-j5dgcz-0"]{content:"bZhBFV,"}/*!sc*/ Nevertheless, Mack did get to compete in the 200-meter dash event, held at Berlins Olympiastadion on Aug. 3 and 4, 1936. Photos courtesy Kathy Robinson Young and Coffee Bluff Pictures. 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I asked him what he thought about having a statue built of him, Mack recalled years later. Jackie Robinson is an American hero, a man who broke baseball's color barrier with grace and dignity in the face of horrible racism and adversity. Robinson was not used to segregation when he entered the military service and refused to move to the 'black section' that the military . After retiring from baseball, Robinson. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__button{background:none;border:none;padding:0 16px 0 0;font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;}/*!sc*/ Property was limited to whites-only in certain neighborhoods, and the community pool and the YMCA were off-limits to Black families. Robinson's father, a sharecropper, abandoned the family when Robinson was a . 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