SPORTMGT 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Branch Rickey, Rickey (Cocktail), College Baseball
26 Oct 2016
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1915-1919 rutgers, all-american, valedictorian, columbia law > talented! Left law bc he was treated unfairly ! Got kicked out of college baseball because he was getting paid to play for minor leagues! Played for st. louis browns and ny highlanders! Managed the st. louis browns (1913-1915) and st. louis cardinals (1919-1925)! Wanted to integrate baseball ever since he saw a black teammate discriminated against. Promised himself if he got into a position of power, he would try to make changes! Established the rst ever spring training complex in fl! Almost court martialed opposed racial discrimination on a bus (but he was acquitted)! Invented the modern minor league farm system as we know it with 32 teams that supplied talent to major league ball clubs! Four sport athlete at ucla track, baseball, football, basketball! 1941 played pro football with the la bulldogs for paci c coast league! 1942 enlisted in the army and in 1943 was commissioned a second lieutenant !
