Sporting Witness - Jackie Robinson - Baseball Pioneer
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Jackie Robinson was a legendary figure in American baseball - the first black player in the professional game and the man who led the Brooklyn Dodgers to their only World Series triumph in 1955. Tim Mansel talks to Robinson's son, David, and to veteran US sports writer, Roger Kahn. The programme was first broadcast in 2011.
(Photo: Jackie Robinson in the 1950s. Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images).
Published on Saturday, 24th October 2015.
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