Template:POTD/2025-01-31
Jackie Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) anali munthu woyamba wa ku Africa-America kucheza mu Major League Baseball mu nthawi yatsopano pamene anabwera ndi Brooklyn Dodgers mu 1947. Monga munthu woyamba wa mtundu wa mblack kuti azicheza mosavuta mu ma major leagues kuyambira mu 1880s, anali ndi gawo lalikulu pokhazikitsa kumaliza racial segregation mu baseball ya akatswiri, yomwe idachititsa kuti anthu a ku Africa-America akhale mu Negro leagues kwa zaka zisanu. Kupatula pa kuchita bwino kwake m'zikhalidwe, Robinson anali ndi ntchito yabwino ya baseball. Pa nyengo khumi, anacheza mu zisankho zisanu za World Series ndipo anathandiza ku Dodgers' 1955 World Championship. Anasankhidwa kuti azicheza mu All-Star Games zisanu zotsatizana kuchokera mu 1949 mpaka 1954, anakhala wopambana wa MLB Rookie of the Year Award mu 1947, ndipo anapeza Most Valuable Player Award mu 1949 - munthu woyamba wa mtundu wa mblack kuti apambane mphoto imeneyi. Pambuyo pa kutuluka pa ntchito, anaperekedwa ku Baseball Hall of Fame, ndipo mu 1997, Major League Baseball inachotsa nambala yake ya uniform, 42, pa timu zonse za ma major league.Bob Sandberg; kubwezeretsa: Adam Cuerden