Branch Rickey
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. He also created the framework for the modern minor league farm system, encouraged the Major Leagues to add new teams through his involvement in the proposed Continental League, and introduced the batting helmet. He was posthumously elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967.
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General Info
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Male
Date of Birth
December 20th, 1881
Age
142
Birth Place
United States of America, Ohio
Date of Death
December 9th, 1965
Died Aged
83
Star Sign
Sagittarius
Occupation
Baseball Player
Sportsperson
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