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Last updated on February 1, 2009
Branch Rickey Born: Dec. 20, 1881
Baseball innovator
revolutionized game with creation of modern farm system while GM of St. Louis Cardinals (1917-42); integrated major leagues in 1947 as president-GM of Brooklyn Dodgers when he brought up Jackie Robinson (whom he had signed on Oct. 23, 1945); later GM of Pittsburgh Pirates. Died: Dec. 9, 1965
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