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Robinson would win his only championship ring when the Dodgers beat the New York Yankees in the 1955 World Series. (Coincidentally, he did not play in the seventh and deciding game of this Series—the only Fall Classic game he did not play in during his career.) After the 1956 season, Robinson was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Giants for Dick Littlefield and $30,000 cash. Robinson announced his retirement shortly after the trade; when asked, he made it clear that he had planned to retire before the trade was made, citing his own physical health and family commitments as his main reasons.
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Robinson retired from the game in 1956. He had wanted to manage or coach in the major leagues, but received no offers. He became a vice-president for the Chock Full O' Nuts Corporation instead.
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Sunday will be the 60th anniversary of Robinson's first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers, an occasion that will be saluted throughout Major League Baseball. Robinson is gone, and so are most of the black pioneers who followed him into the major leagues.
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According to Marshall, the Negro League owners were in a quandary over Robinson's signing because they knew that his success would sound the death knell of their game. He quoted Effa Manley who said that "Branch Rickey raped us...We were in no position to protest and he new it."
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