Salute To 42: The Unlikely Austin, Texas Intersection of Willie Wells, Jackie Robinson, & Rev. Downs
Few know that influential legend, Jackie Robinson, spent ANY time in Texas; even fewer know about the surprising sports job he held there in the mid-'40s!
Jackie Robinson, born in Cairo, Georgia, but raised in Pasadena, CA, was a three-sport star at that L.A. suburb’s John Muir High School. Going largely unnoticed, athletically, he enrolled at Pasadena…




