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  1.                                  Los Angeles (UCLA). He
  2.                                  played varsity in four
  3.                                  different sports! 
  4.  
  5.                                  After college, Jackie 
  6. played pro baseball for the Kansas City
  7. Monarchs, a Negro league team. In 1945, he
  8. signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers. After
  9. playing a season with the DodgersΓÇÖ minor
  10. league club in Montreal, he joined the big-
  11. league club. He had to overcome taunting by
  12. prejudiced players and spectators around
  13. the country. At the end of the 1947 season,
  14. though, he was named Rookie of the Year. 
  15.  
  16. Jackie was the National LeagueΓÇÖs Most 
  17. Valuable Player in 1949. That season, he 
  18. batted .342 and stole 37 bases.
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