After high school, Robinson attended UCLA. During college he also excelled in sports. In college he was a well-known figure by all. While attending UCLA he accomplished something pretty special. He was the first to letter in four sports. Also, while at college he met his future wife, Rachel (“Jackie”). The university asked Jackie to stay and even offered financial support to him, but he had used up his eligibility (“Jackie”). He didn’t have much money, but he turned down the offer respectively.
Once he graduated, he moved on with his life. He signed to play minor league baseball with the Honolulu Bears (“Jackie”). At the end of the season he returned to California to visit his mother and his to-be-wife, Rachel. He had missed the bombing of Pearl Harbor by just two days (“The Jackie”). Once he arrived in California, he heard that the Army was drafting, so he enlisted. Jackie was later sent to basic training in Kansas (“Jackie”). He was discharged from the Army in 1944. Jackie and the Army didn’t go well together, so he moved on with his life.
Jackie Robinson 