I had forgotten that Robinson was a pretty good football player before he became a Bum.
The year before Robinson became a Bum, Kenny "Kingfish" Washington made history in a similar way by becoming a Los Angeles Ram.
Interestingly, Robinson and Washington were outspoken Republicans, although Robinson was one of the Dewey-Rockefeller variety and had no use for conservatives such as Goldwater.
On the last day of his campaign for the Senate in 1950, Rep. Richard Nixon (R-Calif.) paid a visit to Washington at his home in Los Angeles.