ABOUT FRANK ROBINSON
14-time MLB All-Star who became the first player ever to be named MVP in both the American and National League; led the Baltimore Orioles to World Series Championships in 1966 and 1970 and won the American League triple crown in 1966.
He played high school basketball with Bill Russell .
In 1975, he was hired as manager of the Cleveland Indians and became the first African American manager in MLB history.
He married Barbara Ann Cole on October 28, 1961; they had two children together. He'd later die of bone cancer.
He received the President Medal of Freedom from George W. Bush in November, 2005.
