Mack Robinson (athlete)

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Mack Robinson
Personal information
Full nameMatthew MacKenzie Robinson
NationalityAmerican
BornJuly 18, 1914
Cairo, Georgia, U.S.
DiedMarch 12, 2000(2000-03-12) (aged 85)
Pasadena, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Oregon
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight170 lb (77 kg)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)Sprint, Long jump
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  United States
Silver medal – second place 1936 Berlin 200 m

Matthew MacKenzie "Mack" Robinson (July 18, 1914 – March 12, 2000) was an American

Baseball Hall of Fame member Jackie Robinson.[1]

Early life

Mack was born in

Pasadena Junior College.[2][3]

1936 Olympics

He placed second in the 200 meters at the

United States Olympic Trials in 1936, earning himself a place on the Olympic team.[4]: 80  He went on to win the silver medal at the Summer Olympics in Berlin, finishing 0.4 seconds behind Jesse Owens. In 2016, the 1936 Olympic journey of the eighteen Black American athletes, including Robinson, was documented in the film Olympic Pride, American Prejudice.[5]

Later career and life

Mack Robinson attended the

NCAA, AAU and Pacific Coast Conference track meets. He has been honored as being one of the most distinguished graduates of the University of Oregon and is a member of the University of Oregon Hall of Fame and the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame
.

For a time in the early 1970s, Mack was a park director of Lemon Grove Park, a park in the East Hollywood part of the City of Los Angeles.

Later in life, he was known for leading the fight against street crime in his home town of Pasadena. The Pasadena Robinson Memorial, dedicated to both Matthew and Jackie, was dedicated in 1997. The memorial statue of Jackie Robinson by sculptor Richard H. Ellis at

Jackie Robinson Stadium,[6] was installed by the efforts of Jackie's brother, Mack.[7]

Several locations are named in honor of Matthew Robinson. In addition to the Pasadena Robinson Memorial, the stadium of Pasadena City College was dedicated to him in 2000. That same year, the United States Postal Service approved naming the new post office in Pasadena the Matthew 'Mack' Robinson Post Office Building.[8]

Robinson died of complications from diabetes, kidney failure, and pneumonia, on March 12, 2000, at a hospital in Pasadena, California; he was 85.[9] He is interred at Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, California.

Notes

  1. ^ "Mack Robinson Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on November 5, 2009.
  2. ISBN 978-1-4422-4597-6
    .
  3. ISBN 978-1-5011-6217-6
    .
  4. ^ Hymans, Richard (2008). "The History of the United States Olympic Trials – Track & Field" (PDF). USA Track & Field. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 23, 2018. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  5. ^ Henderson, Odie (August 5, 2016). "Olympic Pride, American Prejudice movie review (2016)". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
  6. ^ "Steele Field at Jackie Robinson Stadium". UCLA Athletics. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
  7. ^ "UCLA history project: Robinson statue". UCLA.edu. Archived from the original on June 23, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2009.
  8. ^ "Matthew "Mack" Robinson Post Office - Pasadena, CA". Waymarking.com. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  9. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved August 7, 2020.

References

External links

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