by Matthew Gailani
April 15, 1947 remains one of the most important days in Major League Baseball (MLB) history. It was the day Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers shattered the color barrier and became the first African American athlete to play for an MLB club in the modern era. The triumph of Jackie Robinson is celebrated and well documented in movies, books, blogs, and among MLB teams.
Lesser known is the story of Dan Bankhead. Bankhead, like Robinson, was an elite baseball player wh...
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