Date uploaded: 2022-04-15 23:49:06

Friday is the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he started for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Here are some photos of him during his historic career. ⚾ Jackie Robinson, while playing first base, is voted the first ever major league Rookie of the Year in 1947. ⚾ Jackie Robinson stepping into the Brooklyn Dodgers' clubhouse for the first time in 1947. ⚾ Jackie Robinson looks over a roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers in February of 1947 in Havana, Cuba, where he was training with the Montreal Royals, a Dodgers farm club. 📸: Keystone, Getty Images / W.C. Greene, AFP/Getty Images / Associated Press