Jackie Robinson
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Michael Jordan may be the most worshiped athlete of the 20th century, but he is not the greatest. Neither is Babe Ruth, Tiger Woods, or even Muhammad Ali. Instead, the greatest athlete of the century is a man who dealt with pressure infinitely greater than any other athlete before or since, and w ....
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.... was his weakest sport, but he played it professionally because the NBA and NFL still had their doors closed to African Americans.
As a baseball player, Robinson revolutionized the way the game was played. He combined power and speed in a way that had never been done before, and is acknowledged as the greatest baserunner of all time. In 1947, when Robinson finally put on a Brooklyn Dodger uniform, he started the integration of professional athletics in America. He strongly challenged the deep- ....
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