Matthew MacKenzie "Mack" Robinson ( born Matthew MacKenzie "Mack" Robinson , July 18, 1914 - March 12, 2000 ) - American athlete, silver medalist of the 1936 Olympics in the 200-meter race. The older brother of a member of the Jackie Robinson Baseball Hall of Fame [2] .
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Biography
Matthew was born in Keiro, Georgia in 1914. The Robinsons were half-tenants; after the father abandoned the family in 1920, the mother and children moved to Pasadena ( California ). While studying at Pasadena City College, Matthew set the country's records among young men in the 100 and 200 meter runs, as well as in the long jump [3] .
In 1936, he took part in the qualifying tournament for the 1936 Olympic Games, where he took second place and won a place in the US Olympic team. At the games in Berlin, he won second place in the 200-meter race, 0.4 seconds behind the winner Jesse Owens .
Upon graduation, Mack Robinson entered Oregon University , where he graduated in 1941. At the university, he won a large number of champion titles NCAA, AAU and the South Coast Conference in athletics. Later, for his services, he was included in the Oregon Hall of Fame and the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame.
Later, Matthew became known as an ardent fighter against street crime in his hometown of Pasadena. In 1997, the Pasadena Robinson Memorial was dedicated to Matthew and Jackie, and the memorial statue of Jackie Robinson in front of the Jackie Robinson Stadium [4] was largely due to the efforts of his brother [5] .
Several buildings were named after Matthew Robinson. In addition to the Robinson Memorial, the Pasadena City College Stadium was named after him in 2000. In the same year, the US Postal Service named the new Pasadena Post Office in his honor [6] .
Robinson died on March 12, 2000 at the Pasadena Hospital from diabetes , kidney failure, and pneumonia at the age of 85 [7] . He was buried at Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum in Altaden, California.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/mack-robinson-1.html
- ↑ Mack Robinson Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
- ↑ Robert Weintraub, Two Lives After Losing to Jesse Owens , New York Times , July 20, 2012
- ↑ Steele Field at Jackie Robinson Stadium (link not available) . UCLA Athletics. Date of treatment September 13, 2009. Archived July 25, 2011.
- ↑ UCLA history project: Robinson statue . UCLA.edu. Date of treatment May 6, 2009. Archived June 22, 2013.
- ↑ Matthew "Mack" Robinson Post Office - Pasadena, CA - People-Named Places on Waymarking.com
- ↑ Mack Robinson, 85, Second to Owens in Berlin - New York Times
Links
- Matthew Robinson entry at infoplease.com
- Congressman Adam Schiff speech in honor of Matthew Robinson
- article "Jackie Robinson Remembered" at finarticles.com
- Rampersad, Arnold. Jackie Robinson, a Biography . New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090206050141/http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=246730