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Robinson was co-founder of the Otten Johnson Robinson Neff+Ragonetti law firm. Frank L. Robinson, co-founder of the Otten Johnson Robinson Neff+Ragonetti law firm, died Nov.Nov 30, 2016

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What is Frank Robinson famous for?

Frank Robinson (August 31, 1935 – February 7, 2019) was an American professional baseball outfielder and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for five teams, from 1956 to 1976.

What happened to Frank Robinson?

"Frank Robinson, former SF Giants manager and baseball trailblazer, dies". SFChronicle.com. Retrieved February 7, 2019. ^ a b c "ESPN Classic - Robinson set records and broke barriers". Espn.go.com. Retrieved February 7, 2019. ^ Sports, FOX 11 (February 8, 2019).

What is the first book Frank by Frank Robinson?

Robinson, Frank (1976). Frank: The First Year. with Dave Anderson. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. ISBN 0030149517. Robinson, Frank; Stainback, Barry (1988).

Is Frank Robinson in the Hall of Fame?

^ D'Imperio, Chuck (February 8, 2019). "Baseball Hall of Fame Remembers One of the Greats: Frank Robinson". cnynews.com. WDOS. Retrieved August 9, 2019. ^ a b Goldstein, Richard (February 7, 2019).

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Overview

Frank Robinson (August 31, 1935 – February 7, 2019) was an American professional baseball outfielder and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for five teams, from 1956 to 1976. The only player to be named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of both the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), he was named the NL MVP after leading the Cincinnati Reds to the penna…

Early life

Robinson was born in Beaumont, Texas. He was the youngest of Ruth Shaw's ten children and the only child of her marriage to Frank Robinson. His parents divorced when he was an infant, and his mother moved with her children to Alameda, California, and then to the West Oakland neighborhood of nearby Oakland. He attended McClymonds High School in Oakland where he was a basketball teammate of Bill Russell. He was a baseball teammate of Vada Pinson and Curt Flood. …

Playing career

In 1953, Bobby Mattick, a scout for the Cincinnati Reds, signed Robinson to a contract worth $3,500 ($35,448 in current dollar terms). He made his professional debut for the Ogden Reds of the Class C Pioneer League. He batted .348 with 83 runs batted in (RBI) in 72 games played. He was promoted to the Tulsa Oilers of the Class AA Texas League in 1954, but was demoted to the Colu…

Manager

Robinson managed in the winter leagues late in his playing career. By the early 1970s, he had his heart set on becoming the first black manager in the majors; the Angels traded him to the Cleveland Indians midway through the 1974 season due to his open campaigning for the manager's job. In 1975, the Indians named him player-manager, giving him the distinction of being the first black manage…

Honors

In addition to his two Most Valuable Player awards (1961 and 1966) and his World Series Most Valuable Player award (1966), Robinson was honored in 1966 with the Hickok Belt as the top professional athlete of the year in any sport.
In 1982, Robinson was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a Baltimore Oriole. Robinson is also a charter member of the Baltimore Orioles …

Front office and media career

Robinson served as an assistant general manager for the Orioles through 1995 when he was fired. He worked for MLB as Vice President of On-Field Operations from 1999 to 2002. He was responsible for player discipline, uniform policy, stadium configuration, and other on-field issues.
Robinson served as an analyst for ESPN during spring training in 2007. The Nati…

Personal life

While playing for the Reds in the late 1950s, Robinson attended Xavier University in Cincinnati during the off-season. While in Baltimore, he became active in the Civil Rights Movement. He originally declined membership in the NAACP unless the organization promised not to make him do public appearances. However, after witnessing Baltimore's segregated housing and discriminatory real estate practices, he reconsidered and became an enthusiastic speaker on ra…