Jackie Robinson

A second baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers. While an amazing athlete in many respects, he's most remembered for being the first black player to break the color barrier in the majors.

For the purposes of the wiki, he just barely qualifies as a creator: In 1950, he starred As Himself in the film The Jackie Robinson Story; after retiring from professional baseball, he served a one-year sting in 1965 as an analyst for ABC's Major League Baseball Game of the Week telecasts, the first black person to do so.


 * Jackie Robinson Story

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 * Black Best Friend: To Dodgers Captain Pee Wee Reese, who's largely remembered for being one of Robinson's few supporters/friends during his
 * Friendly Enemy: to Hank Greenberg who was on an opposing team, but publicly supported Robinson, realizing that the racism Robinson faced was analogous to the anti-semetism Greenberg faced.
 * Token Minority

Film

 * Robinson appears As Himself in 1950's The Jackie Robinson Story.
 * 42, a 2013 Biopic about Robinson, starring Chadwick Boseman.

Live Action TV

 * The 1978 special A Home Run for Love.
 * Brooklyn Bridge
 * The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990 TNT TV Movie)
 * Soul of the Game, a 1996 HBO TV Movie about Negro League baseball.
 * "Colors", a 2005 episode of Cold Case

Theater

 * The First (1981)
 * Play to Win (1989)