Branch Rickey
American baseball player
Wesley Branch Rickey was an American baseball player and sports executive. Rickey was instrumental in breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier by signing black player Jackie Robinson. Wikipedia
Born: December 20, 1881, Stockdale, OH
Died: December 9, 1965 (age 83 years), Boone Hospital Center Emergency Room, Columbia, MO
Movies: 42
Grandchild: Branch Barrett Rickey
Education: Ohio Wesleyan University, Valley Local High School, University of Michigan, and more
Children: Branch Rickey Jr., Elizabeth Rickey Wolfe, Mary Rickey Eckler, and more
Hall of fame induction: 1967