How Many Children Did Jackie Robinson Have?
Jackie Robinson and his wife, Rachel, had three children: Jackie Jr., Sharon and David. Jackie Robinson died in 1972, a year after Jackie Jr. died. Rachel, Sharon and David Robinson are living as of 2015.
David Robinson created Sweet Unity Farms, a group of 300 small farms in Tanzania. Sweet Unity Farms provides access to international markets for the group. David Robinson also formed the Up-Country International Project to market the group’s coffee to the American market.
Sharon Robinson serves as an educational consultant for Major League Baseball. She had a 20-year career as a nurse-midwife and an educator. Robinson taught at Yale, Columbia, Howard and Georgetown Universities. She also is an author and wrote three non-fiction books about her father.
Jackie Robinson Jr. served in the Army but was killed in an automobile accident in June 1971. He was 24 years old.
Jackie Robinson was the first African-American person to play in Major League Baseball’s modern era when he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1947 to 1956. Robinson played three infield positions and left field for the Dodgers. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. After his retirement, Robinson served as an executive with the lunch-counter chain Chock Full O’Nuts and several smaller businesses.
