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Old 01-15-2018, 03:13 PM
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Default RARE Jackie Robinson Game ticket 1949 Apr 8th Brooklyn Dodgers @ Atlanta Crackers

RARE Jackie Robinson Game ticket and the only known example PSA Slabbed
this was Game 1 of 3 games played
Picture is of Game 1 and news clipping from the game
1949 Apr 8th Brooklyn Dodgers @ Atlanta Crackers
this was the 1st Integrated sporting even in the deep south played in Atlanta
Atlanta was the Home of the Ku Klux Klan and prior to the game there were death threats made towards Jackie

The game pitted the all-white Crackers against the integrated Brooklyn
On April 8, 1949, the Brooklyn Dodgers came to Atlanta to play a three-game series with the Atlanta Crackers. The games were televised locally and featured two black players, Jackie Robinson and Roy Campenella. It was the first integrated professional baseball game in Atlanta.
Jackie Robinson drove in two runs as The Dodgers won 6-3
Rare ticket to a very important Game ,
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