On April 15th 1947, a UCLA Bruin broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and changed a team, a sport, and an entire nation.
There are a lot of Bruin legends in the sporting world. We are rightfully proud of names like Rafer Johnson and Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Lew Alcindor and Ann Meyers-Drysdale and Arthur Ashe and Lisa Fernandez and Bill Walton and Troy Aikman and Natalie Williams and Karch Kiraly. There was also a man we just called Coach. And there are a thousand other Bruins whose names and accomplishments we cherish.
And then there was Jackie Robinson.