Jackie Robinson shoots the ball while practicing for the UCLA basketball team in 1939. In two years at UCLA, Robinson became a four-letter athlete in track and field, football, basketball and ...

Jackie Robinson at UCLA Archive Photos/Getty According to his namesake foundation's website , he was "a star athlete" at UCLA, and lettered in football, basketball, track and, of course, baseball.

Jackie Robinson is seen playing football for UCLA in the late 30s. He would go on to win varsity letters in four sports: baseball, basketball, football and track.

Jackie Robinson helped UCLA receive its first-ever AP poll ranking, go unbeaten and play in front of more than 100,000 people against USC in 1939. Jackie Robinson's football career at UCLA hinted ...

UCLA women’s basketball junior forward Janiah Barker has been named the university’s Inaugural Big Ten Jackie Robinson Community and Impact Award campus winner, the Big Ten announced this week ...

Jackie Robinson, a four sport great for UCLA from 1939-1941 in football, baseball, basketball and track and field poses in his basketball uniform in this undated photo. Robinson played at Illinois ...

Robinson became the first person at UCLA to letter in four different sports — baseball, basketball, football, and track. With the Bruins, Robinson became part of the greatest backfield in ...

Robinson attended UCLA, where he played football, basketball and track in addition to baseball. He broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947. The Bruins' ballpark is named in Robinson's ...

History records Jackie Robinson's multi-facted dominance In the winter of 1940, after helping push the Bruins to an undefeated 1939 season, the first in UCLA history, Jackie turned to basketball.