1947 HISTORIC JACKIE ROBINSON (HOF) "ROOKIE OF THE YEAR" BUTTON.

1947 HISTORIC JACKIE ROBINSON (HOF) "ROOKIE OF THE YEAR" BUTTON. (image 1/[null])
Pricing & History
1.75". Curl has name of maker Emress of NYC. Attractive button showing Jackie in his Brooklyn Dodgers cap. Bold image and design. Jackie Robinson made his Major League debut on April 15, 1947 for Branch Rickey's Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first African American ballplayer in the modern Major Leagues. Robinson would go on to win the National League Rookie of the Year award in 1947 and would follow that up w/an NL MVP award two years later, in 1949. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. Glossy, Exc. A truly classic baseball pinback for one of the game's all-time legends.
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