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	Bill Robinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born Luther Robinson in Richmond, Virginia, his parents died when he was still an infant and he was raised by his grandmother.
		Robinson transformed the art by doing his dancing on the balls of the feet, becoming best known for his famous "stair dance." His dancing skills made him a star amongst the fl population and a headlining favorite at the Hoofer's Club in Harlem.
		Robinson was dogged by lifelong personal demons, enhanced by having to endure the indignities of racism that, despite his great success, still limited his opportunities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bill_Robinson (828 words)

	Jackie Robinson Speech by President Bill Clinton
		Robinson, members of the Robinson family: It is hard to believe that fifty years ago at Ebbets Field a twenty-eight-year-old rookie changed the face of baseball and the face of America forever.
		Today, I think every American should say a special word of thanks to Jackie Robinson and to Branch Rickey and to members of the Dodger team who made him one of their own and proved that America is a bigger, stronger, richer country when we all work together and give everybody a chance.
		I can't help thinking that if Jackie Robinson were here with us tonight, he would say that we have done a lot of good in the last fifty years, but we can do better.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/p_robij4.shtml (535 words)

	Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
		Born in Richmond, Virginia on May 25, 1878, to Maxwell Robinson, a machine-shop worker, and Maria Robinson, a choir singer, Bill Robinson was brought up by his grandmother after the death of his parents when he was still a baby.
		Robinson died of a chronic heart condition at Columbia Presbyterian Center in New York City in 1949.
		Robinson had a major acting and dancing appearance in "Stormy Weather (1943)" with Lena Horne and Fats Waller.
	www.tapdance.org /tap/people/bojangle.htm (1198 words)

	BASEBALL NOTE
		Expos name Bill* Robinson hitting coach* ---------------------------------------- MONTREAL (Ticker) -- Bill Robinson, who spent 16 seasons as a player in the major leagues, on Friday was named hitting coach of the Montreal Expos.
		It is the second major league coaching job for the 58-year-old Robinson, who served as the hitting and first base coach for the New York Mets from 1984-89.
		Robinson spent the last three seasons as the hitting coach for the Class AAA Columbus Clippers in the New York Yankees' organization.
	www.canoe.ca /StatsBBN/BC-BBN-LGNS-ROBINSON-R.html (168 words)

	Jackie Robinson \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Robinson's 37 steals in 1949 not only led the majors (he'd led the NL with 29 his rookie season), it was the highest in the NL in 19 years.
		In 1962 Robinson and Bob Feller were the first elected to the Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility since Lou Gehrig in 1939.
		Robinson's #42 was retired at Dodger Stadium in 1972 a few months before 2,000 people packed Riverside Church to hear his eulogy delivered by the young Reverend Jesse Jackson.
	baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/R/Robinson_Jackie.stm (4652 words)

	Bill Robinson Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
		Bill Robinson was born on Saturday, June 26, 1943, in McKeesport, Pennsylvania.
		Bill Robinson's biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable) career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this Bill Robinson baseball statistics page.
		Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive player registry for Bill Robinson which includes his biographical data, year-by-year statistics, career totals, and miscellaneous items-of-interest.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=robinbi02 (216 words)

	SCHUMER ANNOUNCES NEW PUSH TO AWARD CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL TO JACKIE ROBINSON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In 1949, Robinson was selected as the National League Most Valuable Player of the Year and also won the batting title with a.342 batting average that year.
		Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962 and died on October 24, 1972.
		The Jackie Robinson bill calls for designation of a national day recognizing Robinson's accomplishments and directs the President to issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
	www.senate.gov /member/ny/schumer/general/SchumerWebsite/pressroom/press_releases/PR01657.pf.html (645 words)

	CoachT.com - Stadium to be named for Robinsons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bill Robinson is presently in his third tenure as head football coach at Watertown High.
		Brownie Robinson spent 11 years as the Tiger head man and compiled a record of 72-37-5 (a.631 winning percentage), including back-to-back 10-1 seasons in 1970 and 1971.
		Brownie was a highly successful coach of the Tigerette basketball team and Bill has at one time or another coached both basketball teams, as well as the baseball and softball squads at Watertown High.
	www.coacht.com /story.cfm?doc=8532 (388 words)

	Biography for Bill Robinson (I) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bill Robinson quit school at age seven and began work as a professional dancer the following year.
		According to one jazz dance source, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson was the chief instigator for getting tap dance "up on its toes." Early forms of tap, including the familiar 'buck and wing' contained a flat-footed style while Robinson performed on the balls of his feet with a shuffle-tap style that allowed him more improvisation.
		Born Luther Robinson in Richmond, Virginia on May 25, 1878, he was orphaned in infancy and reared by a grandmother.
	www.imdb.com /Bio?Robinson,+Bill+(I) (1074 words)

	Baseball Icon to Lead Washington's Season of Change (washingtonpost.com)
		Frank Robinson's name is the most famous on the Washington Nationals roster: He ranks fifth in baseball history in home runs.
		Robinson, in an unromantic way, initially dismissed reflecting on his role as a racial icon in an interview during the offseason.
		Bowden had heard the criticism of Robinson from those days, that he wasn't always alert, that he was caught dozing off in the dugout by TV cameras.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A24682-2005Feb14.html (1013 words)

	Negro League Baseball Artifacts
		She was believed to be the last surviving owner of a franchise of a fl baseball team.
		In total, the 20 baseball players that were honored on the 33¢ Legends of Baseball stamps are all members of the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame and were among the 100 nominees for the All-Century Team chosen by fans and baseball experts during 1999.
		Teenie played baseball briefly for the Crawford Athletic Club (a youth club financed by Gus Greenlee) in 1926 and 1927 but is best known for his work as a photographer of Negro League baseball and life in the fl community.
	www.nlbpa.com /artifacts.html (1413 words)

	Baseball talk
		For Robinson it was a muted performance, but the first of his 1,382 major league games was in the record books - and he had broken baseball's color line forever.
		Robinson was now a major drawing card rivaling Bob Feller and Ted Williams in the American League.
		Breaking baseball's color line enabled Rickey to tap into a gold mine, but he elected not to monopolize the rich lode of talent in the Negro Leagues.
	www.dartmouth.edu /~frommer/baseball_talk.htm (4898 words)

	NESCAC Baseball All-Conference Team
		Trinity head coach Bill Decker was honored by his peers as NESCAC Coach of the Year.
		Wesleyan senior Bill Robinson, a second team selection in both 2001 and 2002, was honored on the first team this season.
		Robinson, who both pitched and played shortstop for the Cardinals, led his team in several offensive categories including runs scored (38) and runs batted in (35) while starting five games on the mound.
	www.nescac.com /2002-03/sports/baseball/allconference.htm (601 words)

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		Robinson had tied the game in the bottom of the 9th with a leadoff home run to left, his sixth of the season and 16th of his career.
		Bill Robinson stroked a two-run single in the 8th, bringing his career hit total to 163, four shy of the Wesleyan career mark.
		Bill Robinson opened up a three-run 5th inning with his fifth homer of the season and Angus Fredenburg added a sacrifice fly and Matt Johnson chipped in with an RBI single.
	www.wesleyan.edu /athletics/baseball/archive/2003/basesumm03.html (1419 words)

	Drop Me Off in Harlem
		Born in Richmond, Virginia, Bill Robinson began dancing in local saloons at the age of six.
		Robinson's talent gave him entrée to two worlds—white entertainment and fl—yet he was never completely accepted in either one.
		Robinson was a close friend and teacher of Florence Mills.
	artsedge.kennedy-center.org /exploring/harlem/faces/robinson_text.html (457 words)

	Montreat College: Men's Basketball Coaching Staff
		Robinson was the Nation’s leading basketball scorer as a junior in high school averaging 39.8pts per game.
		Robinson graduated from The King’s College in 1991 with a degree in physical education and married his college sweetheart, Barbara Lynn Teeple.
		In the fall of 1993, Robinson accepted the positions to be an assistant men’s basketball and baseball coach at LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas.
	www.montreat.edu /athletics/BasketballM/staff.asp (839 words)

	Baseball Has Done It
		Back in print for the first time since its initial publication in 1964, Baseball Has Done It is an oral history of baseball and racial integration as told by its greatest players to the man who broke the color line, Jackie Robinson.
		This one-of-a-kind classic features rare and candid interviews conducted by Robinson with ballplayers who played and lived through the first generation of racial integration in baseball.
		Much more than a sports book, Baseball Has Done It is an important document of the struggle for civil rights in the United States, one that speaks to the past while looking toward the future, with the belief that if baseball has done it-achieve integration-the rest of society can too.
	www.igpub.com /baseball.html (200 words)

	Jet: Major League Baseball dedicates season to 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's breaking color barrier - includes ...
		Major League Baseball officials recently announced that the 1997 season will be dedicated to the late Jackie Robinson in honor of the 50th anniversary of his breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947.
		Robinson played for the Dodgers from 1947-1956 and became a leading civil rights advocate.
		Selig added that baseball will make a renewed effort to increase minority hiring by asking each team to establish goals, and he promised to monitor their progress.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n17_v91/ai_19239958 (370 words)

	Special to Behind the Bombers From Harvey Frommer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Many of the 26,633 at that tiny ballpark on that chilly spring day were not even baseball fans, but had come out to see "the one" who would break the sport's age-old color line.
		Robinson's wife, Rachel, was there along with the infant Jackie, Jr.
		Rickey and Robinson is a dual biography tracing the convergence of the lives of two of baseball's most influential individuals in a special moment in sports and cultural history.
	www.allsports.com /mlb/yankees/frommer5.htm (687 words)

	s1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The series was marked by impressive pitching performances by Robinson and Nate Whalen ’03, who improved their records to 2-0 and 3-1, respectively.
		Robinson’s outstanding performance in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader set the stage for a balanced Wesleyan attack all weekend.
		Robinson led the offensive assault on Williams by reaching base in all six of his plate appearances, tallying three hits, three walks, and two runs scored.
	www.wesleyan.edu /argus/archives/aa_archive_apr162002/dateyear/s1.html (665 words)

	Robinson-Hayfield Tilt Brings Some Luster to Patriot Baseball
		Robinson (19-5), which hosts Hayfield (14-11) at 7:30 p.m., has not won a region title since 1980.
		The game is also a matchup of teams from the Patriot District, which has not had a region champion since Lake Braddock won it in 1999 and wasn't, area coaches said before the season, expected to have one this year, either.
		Stonewall Jackson's bus first was blocked by a train, then it broke down altogether, so the Raiders didn't arrive in Danville for their 7 p.m.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/02/AR2005060201754.html (734 words)

	Robinson's Legacy Remembered by Those He Touched
		affirming Robinson's significance as a catalyst for social change, the conference marking the 50th anniversary of his breaking major league baseball's 20th century color barrier was serious, elegiac, nostalgic and personal.
		Like others, Mardo suggested that Rickey, who has been praised for being the first baseball executive to buck the other 15 clubs' opposition to integrating the sport, was pressured by fl sportswriters, trade unions and the American Communist Party.
		Robinson's push for social justice was recalled in a display of his impassioned correspondence collected by the National Archives.
	www.nytimes.com /specials/baseball/robinson-0404.html (778 words)

	Amherst College Athletics: Baseball: Jeffs Drop Twinbill at Wesleyan
		In the opener, Wesleyan junior Bill Robinson tossed a complete-game seven-hitter, allowing just two earned runs in his first collegiate start.
		However, Robinson retired 10 of the next 11 Amherst hitters, while Wesleyan tied the game in the bottom of the fourth inning.
		Robinson went on to retire the Jeffs in order in the top of the seventh, and took home the win.
	www.amherst.edu /~sports/2001_2002/baseball/0330_wesleyan.html (552 words)

	USATODAY.com - Congress pays tribute to Jackie Robinson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		WASHINGTON — Jackie Robinson, the brilliant Brooklyn Dodger who changed the face of the nation's pastime, was honored Wednesday for changing the face of the nation as well.
		As ballplayers took to exhibition fields in Arizona and Florida for the beginning of the 58th season since Robinson shattered baseball's color barrier, a who's who of sports and political leaders gathered under the U.S. Capitol dome to award him a posthumous Congressional Gold Medal.
		Robinson desegregated baseball in 1947, seven years before the U.S. Supreme Court desegregated the nation's public schools.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/baseball/2005-03-02-robinson_x.htm (465 words)

	Rare Baseball Accomplishments
		The Gold Glove Award, which was established by the Rawlings Sporting Goods Company in 1956, became the virtual private domain of these three players at their respective positions -- Robinson winning sixteen consecutive times from 1960 to 1975, Smith thirteen consecutive times from 1980 to 1992, and Mazeroski eight times between 1958 and 1967.
		These players have become synonymous with fielding excellence, and their place in baseball history is ensured because of these skills.
		Bill Mazeroski's highest single season fielding average (.989) is topped both by Jerry Adair (.994) and Tim Cullen (also.994), two players who played in Mazeroski's shadow, but who own spots on the top ten list.
	www.psacard.com /articles/article2458.chtml (654 words)

	Marietta College: Don Schaly
		He prepared me not only to be a baseball player but after baseball, too.
		Bill Robinson was sports editor of The Marietta Times for 30 years and retired in the early 1990s.
		He covered the Pioneers when Coach Schaly was a player and coach, and reported on Marietta's three baseball national championships.
	www.marietta.edu /schaly/robinson.html (746 words)

	Sports: Breaking Records, Breaking Barriers \| Jackie Robinson \| Smithsonian's National Museum of American History \|
		Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers autographed this ball in 1952, the year they took the National League pennant.
		Robinson's stunning career with the Brooklyn Dodgers struck a blow to America's deep-seated racial stereotypes.
		Robinson's success as a civil rights pioneer hinged on his actions on and off the field.
	americanhistory.si.edu /sports/exhibit/firsts/robinson/index.cfm (259 words)

	USATODAY.com - Recycling still runs rampant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This is about a broader issue in baseball, of which Stewart just happens to be a current example.
		Baseball has added an executive development program and has tried to identify up-and-coming talent, but baseball people still tend to hire people they know.
		Ricciardi is a bright, young talent and, assuming he lives up to advance billing, won't be vacating the position in the near future.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/bbw/2001-11-28/2001-11-28-leadingoff.htm (1088 words)

	Baseball Musings: Remembering Robinson
		But Jackie Robinson has become the embodiment of so many good things (and for good reasons), that while some players might be "worthy" of the number, few would be able to, once wearing it, live up to what it has become to mean.
		Baseball Crank Dan McLaughlin's blog on baseball, the war and politics.
		Baseball Widow The frustrations of a woman who will always be second in her husband's heart.
	www.baseballmusings.com /archives/005982.php (2100 words)

	Baseball Coaches Bios
		He was profane and his different way of teaching the art of throwing a baseball 20 years ago at the Class A level was going to change the game forever.
		He believes the first-pitch, low-and-away fastball is the best pitch in baseball, and he believes pitchers should throw as often as possible from the mound with few days off.
		Any baseball enthusiast will tell you that hitting is important, but pitching is 90 percent of a baseball game.
	www.bethebest.com /coachesbios.htm (2462 words)

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