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Article: He cooks up his own way to honor grandfather.(Jesse Robinson Simms; Jackie Robinson)
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- April 11, 2007
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Byline: Ray Parrillo
Apr. 11--Nearly 10 years ago to the day -- April 15, 1997 -- Jesse Robinson Simms, then 18, was on the field at Shea Stadium, shoulder-to-shoulder with a cadre of luminaries that included President Clinton, taking part in a 50th anniversary celebration of the day his grandfather, Jackie Robinson, broke through major-league baseball's color barrier.
At the time, Simms seemed on a path to be the first in the family to carry on his grandfather's athletic legacy. A 6-foot-3, 270-pound prep school football star from North Stamford, Conn., Simms had signed a letter of intent with UCLA, where Jackie had excelled in baseball, football and ...