Jackie Robinson took on racial discrimination all his life. In 1938, at Pasadena Junior College, he wasn't just breaking records on the field (including the school record in the broad jump, which was previously held by his 1936 Olympic medal-winning brother, Mack). He was also standing up for the rights of his friends. After Pasadena, he enrolled at the University of California Los Angeles, where he became the first athlete in school history to letter in four sports (track and field, football, basketball and baseball). Jackie left UCLA after the 1940 football season, just shy of graduation. After a couple of seasons playing semi-pro football-the NFL wouldn't be integrated until 1946, when Jackie's UCLA teammate, Kenny Washington, signed with the Los Angeles Rams-Jackie was drafted into the U.S. Army. With his college education, and high marks in marksmanship and character, Jackie seemed a shoe-in for Officer's Candidate School, but his application, along with those of several other Black applicants, was rejected. Jackie turned to his friend, and fellow resident at Fort Riley in Kansas, heavyweight boxing champion Joe Lewis. Although Louis wasn't an officer, he wielded some power at Fort Riley, and within a few weeks, Jackie and the other applicants were accepted into the OCS. Jackie was discharged from the Army in 1944 and by 1945 had returned to baseball, signing with the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro American League. Word of his play soon reached Dodgers' owner Branch Rickey, who decided the speedy infielder who could out hit most of the players in the league would be the one to break the color barrier. He starred for the Dodger, winning the 1947 Rookie of the Year Award, helping Brooklyn reach the World Series. He retired in 1956 and was elected to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962, becoming the first African American Hall of Famer. Jackie Robinson wasn't just a Hall of Fame baseball player, he truly was a Hall of Fame Person.