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SPORTS > baseball player, manager > Frank Robinson
If I had...
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If I had one wish in the world that wish would be to have Jackie Robinson here to see this happen. I don't think that I would have stood the pressure or have gone through what Jackie had to.
Source: On becoming the first Black baseball manager, c. 1975.
-- Frank Robinson, (Aug 31 1935-2019), US baseball player, manager; He was Rookie of the Year, 1956; first Black manager of a major league team; only player to be voted MVP in both National and American Leagues.