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* Lettered in 1939,40. Played halfback and on defense. | * Lettered in 1939,40. Played halfback and on defense. | ||
Revision as of 09:11, 9 August 2017
Sons of Westwood: Bruin Legends
JACKIE ROBINSON
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Lettered in 1939,40. Played halfback and on defense.
- Was the team's leading scorer in 1940.
- Was a four-sport star.
- He, Woody Strode, and Kenny Washington played "minor league" football in the Pacific Coast Professional Football League as the NFL had developed and enforced a color barrier in 1934 and extended until 1946.
- He eventually went on and broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball.
ACCOLADES
- Earned All-Coast honors in 1940.
- Charter member of the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame (1984).
