Narron: Rickey Deserves More Credit for Robinson Signing

Dayton Daily News › April 17, 2007

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CHICAGO -- Cincinnati Reds manager Jerry Narron recognizes the significance of Jackie Robinson and, at the same time, he wonders if people give enough credit to Branch Rickey, the man who signed Robinson and put him in a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform in 1947.

Narron's uncle, Sam Narron, was a catcher for Rickey with the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers, and Jerry heard the stories.

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Narron: Rickey Deserves More Credit for Robinson Signing

"I wasn't living during the 1940s, but Rickey signing Robinson -- I believe that really started the civil rights movement," said Narron. "There were a lot of things in...

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