Robinson, Jackie (1927)
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| Birthname | Robert Jackson Robinson | ||||
| born on | 26 April 1927 at 23:20 (= 11:20 PM ) | ||||
| Place | Fort Worth, Texas, 32n44, 97w19 | ||||
| Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   05°58'   05°49 Asc. 00°38'
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Biography
American Baptist pastor, theologian and college basketball player who won a Gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics, he was nicknamed "Jack" or "Jackie".
Robinson was a graduate of Baylor University in Waco Texas. An All-American basketball player, 1946–1948, while at Baylor University, he was awarded the Jack Dempsey outstanding athlete award in 1947.
He won a gold medal as an outstanding guard on the 1948 Olympic basketball team in London. During the Olympics he was among a group of athletes who went to Buckingham Palace and were formally presented to the King, the Queen and the then Queen Mother. Subsequently the BBC broadcast his recollections of the event which included informal meetings with the Princesses Margaret and Elizabeth and later an extended informal conversation with the King during which Robinson corrected the King's misapprehension as to the relative statures of California and Texas. A recording is still extant.
Between 1953 and 1974, Robinson was minister of First Baptist Church of Augusta, a church of some 3,600 members, where the Southern Baptist Convention was organized in 1845.
Jackie Robinson died on 8 February 2022 at the age of 94 in Augusta, Georgia.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Barker, Cliff (born 15 January 1921). Notes: Olympic Gold-winning basketball teammates
- associate relationship with Boryla, Vince (born 11 March 1927). Notes: Olympic Gold-winning basketball teammates
- associate relationship with Groza, Alex (born 7 October 1926). Notes: Olympic Gold-winning basketball teammates
- associate relationship with Sports: 1948 Summer Olympics, London (born 29 July 1948). Notes: Gold medal, Basketball team, USA
Events
- Work : Prize 1948 (Olympic Gold medal, Basketball team, London)
Source Notes
Birth certificate in hand from Sy Scholfield, copy on file.
Categories
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 94)
- Vocation : Religion : Ecclesiastics/ western (Baptist pastor)
- Vocation : Religion : Other Religion (Theologian)
- Vocation : Sports : Basketball (Guard)
- Notable : Awards : Olympics (Gold medal, Basketball team)
