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Matthew MacKenzie "Mack" Robinson (July 18, 1914 – March 12, 2000) was an American track and field athlete. He is best known for winning a silver medal in the 1936 Summer Olympics, where he broke the Olympic record in the 200 meters.
In 1992, when riots broke out across Los Angeles after four members of the Los Angeles Police Department were acquitted by a jury after being filmed beating Rodney King, Mack Robinson was one of the community leaders called upon to help restore peace. Mack Robinson was inducted into the UO Hall of Fame in 1995.
Apr 15, 2010 · An exceptional athlete and one of America’s leading sprinters of the 1930s, Matthew Mackenzie “Mack” Robinson, was born in Cairo, Georgia in 1912. Matthew grew up with three other siblings, including the famed Jackie Robinson.
May 17, 2024 · Mack Robinson: 1936 Olympic Medalist, Black and Invisible Robinson won a silver medal second only to the great Jesse Owens, with both men breaking the world record in the 200 meter run
Apr 13, 2022 · Mack Robinson wins the 220-yard dash at the national collegiate track and field meet on June 18, 1938, while attending the University of Oregon. Red, white and black Nazi swastika flags hung in Berlin’s shop windows in the summer of 1936.
Mar 14, 2000 · Mack Robinson, who was a silver medalist in the 1936 Berlin Olympics but would be overshadowed by the track great Jesse Owens and by his younger brother, the pioneering baseball Hall of Famer...
May 19, 2016 · And Pasadena’s public schools are where Mack Robinson found his true calling. He became a truant officer at Muir and an activist against blight and crime in northwest Pasadena.
Mack Robinson was a fine athlete, but he is best known as the brother of Jackie Robinson, the first black to play major league baseball in the 20th century. In 1936, Mack Robinson was attending Pasadena Junior College, but he later enrolled at the University of Oregon and won the NCAA 220 y in 1938.
Mar 12, 2000 · Mack Robinson was a fine athlete, but he is best known as the brother of Jackie Robinson, the first black to play major league baseball in the 20th century. In 1936, Mack Robinson was attending Pasadena Junior College, but he later enrolled at the University of Oregon and won the NCAA 220 y in 1938. He also won the AAU 200 m that year.
Mar 15, 2000 · Olympic silver medalist Mack Robinson, the older brother of baseball great Jackie Robinson, has died at the age of 85. Mack Robinson won his medal in the 200 meters at the 1936 Berlin...
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