JACKIE ROBINSON AND BRANCH RICKEY Most people think Organized Baseball would have eventually been desegregated with or without Branch Rickey's signing of Robinson. Bill Veeck, whose father had been president of the Chicago Cubs, was not far behind Rickey in signing Larry Doby and Satchel Paige. But Rickey was in fact the first, as he intended to be, and while he signed other players, including Roy Campanella and Don Newcombe, the relationship between Rickey and Robinson proved one of the special features of this saga. Branch Rickey, president and co-owner, Brooklyn Dodgers Branch Rickey (Biography) Rachel Robinson Branch Rickey III, baseball executive The Robinson-Rickey Relationship Rachel Robinson Robinson, Rickey, and Religion Rachel Robinson Rickey, Robinson, and other Dodgers Branh Rickey and his Dodgers Rickey, Robinson and family, Cooperstown Branch Rickey, Jackie Robinson, Rachel Robinson, Mallie Robinson
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