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

Branch Rickey, president and co-owner, Brooklyn Dodgers

Branch Rickey (Biography)

Robinson Meets Rickey

Rachel Robinson

The Great Experiment

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

NAACP Citation for Rickey

 

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