Editing Jackie Robinson (section)

==Awards and recognition==
[[File:DodgersNumberRetirement1972.jpg|thumb|Robinson with former teammates [[Sandy Koufax]] (center) and [[Roy Campanella]] (left) at their joint number retirement ceremony on June 4, 1972 |alt=three men wearing baseball caps, two standing and clapping, one seated and looking ahead.]]
On June 4, 1972, the Dodgers retired Robinson's uniform number, 42, alongside those of former teammates [[Roy Campanella]] (39) and [[Sandy Koufax]] (32).<ref>{{cite web|title=Dodgers Retired Numbers|website=[[Major League Baseball|MLB.com]]|url=https://www.mlb.com/dodgers/history/retired-numbers}}</ref> In 2017, a [[Stealing Home (statue)|statue of Robinson]], created by sculptor [[Branly Cadet]], was unveiled at [[Dodger Stadium]]. It was the first statue the Dodgers ever unveiled.<ref>{{cite web|last=Padilla|first=Doug|title=Jackie Robinson statue unveiled at Dodger Stadium|work=[[ESPN]]|date=April 16, 2017|url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/19167817/los-angeles-dodgers-unveil-jackie-robinson-statue-dodger-stadium|access-date=June 13, 2017}}</ref>

In 1999, Robinson was named by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' on its list of the [[Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century|100 most influential people of the 20th century]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/robinson01.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000527060639/http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/robinson01.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 27, 2000 |title=Time 100: Jackie Robinson |access-date=July 21, 2021 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=June 14, 1999}}</ref> That same year, he was one of 30 players elected to the [[Major League Baseball All-Century Team]].<ref name="The All-Century Team"/> That same year, he was ranked No. 44 on ''[[The Sporting News]]'' list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players" in 1999.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Baseball's 100 Greatest Players: No. 44, Jackie Robinson|magazine=[[The Sporting News]]|year=1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050416222917/http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/100/index-44.html |archive-date=April 16, 2005 |url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/100/index-44.html |access-date=July 1, 2023}}</ref> In 2020, ''[[The Athletic]]'' ranked Robinson at number 42 on its "Baseball 100" list, complied by sportswriter [[Joe Posnanski]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Posnanski |first1=Joe |title=The Baseball 100: No. 42, Jackie Robinson |url=https://theathletic.com/1597102/2020/02/14/the-baseball-100-no-42-jackie-robinson/ |work=[[The Athletic]] |date=February 14, 2020 |access-date=September 13, 2023}}</ref>

Baseball writer [[Bill James]], in ''The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract'', ranked Robinson as the 32nd greatest player of all time strictly on the basis of his performance on the field, noting that he was one of the top players in the league throughout his career.<ref>{{cite book |title=The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract |last=James |first=Bill |year=2003 |location=New York |publisher=Free Press |isbn=978-0-7432-2722-3 |chapter=The Players |page=361}}</ref> Robinson was among the 25 charter members of [[UCLA's Athletics Hall of Fame]] in 1984.<ref name=UCLAbio/> In 2002, [[Molefi Kete Asante]] included Robinson on his list of [[100 Greatest African Americans]].<ref>{{cite book |title=100 Greatest African Americans: A Biographical Encyclopedia |last=Asante |first=Molefi Kete |chapter=Jackie Robinson |pages=264–267 |year=2002 |publisher=Prometheus |location=Amherst, New York |isbn=978-1-57392-963-9}}</ref>

The [[City of Pasadena]] has recognized Robinson with a baseball diamond and stadium named Jackie Robinson Field in [[Brookside Park/Arroyo Terrace, Pasadena, California|Brookside Park]] next to the [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pasadenaheritage.org/site_info.php?siid=3&id=36 |title=Arroyo Seco |publisher=PasadenaHeritage.org |access-date=September 12, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727164718/http://www.pasadenaheritage.org/site_info.php?siid=3&id=36 |archive-date=July 27, 2011 }}</ref> and with the Jackie Robinson Center (a community outreach center providing health services).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/HumanServices/Jackie_Robinson_Center/ |title=Jackie Robinson Center |publisher=City of Pasadena |access-date=May 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330030719/http://www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/HumanServices/Jackie_Robinson_Center/ |archive-date=March 30, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1997, a $325,000 bronze sculpture (equal to ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|325000|1997}}}} today) by artists Ralph Helmick, Stu Schecter, and John Outterbridge depicting oversized nine-foot busts of Robinson and his brother Mack was erected at Garfield Avenue, across from the main entrance of [[Pasadena City Hall]]; a granite footprint lists multiple donors to the commission project, which was organized by the Robinson Memorial Foundation and supported by members of the Robinson family.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-nov-07-me-51230-story.html |title=Bronze Busts Unveiled in Tribute to Robinson Brothers |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=November 7, 1997 |access-date=April 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Jackie's still larger than life; Newton sculptor creates 9-foot tribute |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |last=Lehr |first=Dick |date=May 20, 1997}}</ref>

Major League Baseball has honored Robinson many times since his death. In 1987, both the National and American League [[MLB Rookie of the Year Award|Rookie of the Year]] Awards were renamed the "Jackie Robinson Award" in honor of the first recipient (Robinson's Major League Rookie of the Year Award in 1947 encompassed both leagues).<ref>{{cite magazine |editor=Wulf, Steve |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1066214/index.htm |title=Scorecard: 'Nicely Done' |access-date=May 12, 2019 |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |date=July 27, 1987 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501172804/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1066214/index.htm |archive-date=May 1, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Bloss|first=Bob|title=Rookies of the Year|publisher=Temple University Press|year=2005|pages=6–7|isbn=978-1-59213-164-8}}</ref>

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On April 15, 1997, Robinson's jersey number, 42, was retired throughout Major League Baseball, the first time any jersey number had been retired throughout one of the [[Major North American professional sports teams|four major American sports leagues]]. Under the terms of the retirement, a [[grandfather clause]] allowed the handful of players who wore number 42 to continue doing so in tribute to Robinson, until such time as they subsequently changed teams or jersey numbers.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/specials/baseball/robinson-0416-smith.html |title=A Grand Tribute to Robinson and His Moment |access-date=October 11, 2008 |last=Smith |first=Claire |date=April 16, 1997 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071201170117/http://www.nytimes.com/specials/baseball/robinson-0416-smith.html |archive-date=December 1, 2007}}</ref> This affected players such as the Mets' [[Butch Huskey]] and Boston's [[Mo Vaughn]]. The Yankees' [[Mariano Rivera]], who retired at the end of the 2013 season,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090413&content_id=4246882&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=MLB ready to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day|last=Bloom|first=Barry M. |date=April 13, 2009|website=[[Major League Baseball|MLB.com]]|access-date=May 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416111046/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090413&content_id=4246882&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|archive-date=April 16, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/03/09/mariano-rivera-honors-jackie-robinson-number/1975377/|title=The final '42': Rivera pays tribute to Jackie Robinson|last=Rivera|first=Mariano |date=March 9, 2013|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=June 10, 2013}}</ref> was the last player in Major League Baseball to wear jersey number 42 on a regular basis. Since 1997, only [[Wayne Gretzky]]'s number 99, retired by the [[National Hockey League|NHL]] in 2000, and [[Bill Russell]]'s number 6, retired by the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] in 2022, have been retired league-wide in any of the four major sports.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/star00/full37.htm |title=League retires Gretzky's No. 99 |agency=Associated Press |work=[[USA Today]] |date=February 6, 2000 |access-date=October 7, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211115404/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/star00/full37.htm |archive-date=February 11, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Lopez|first=Andrew|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34384678/bill-russell-no-6-retired-nba-following-legend-death-last-month|title=Bill Russell's No. 6 to be retired across NBA following legend's death last month|work=[[ESPN]]|date=August 11, 2022|access-date=September 9, 2022}}</ref>

[[File:42 Brendan Ryan, 42 Jesus Montero (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|[[Seattle Mariners]] teammates wearing number 42 on Jackie Robinson Day in 2012.]]
As an exception to the retired-number policy, MLB began honoring Robinson by allowing players to wear number 42 on April 15, [[Jackie Robinson Day]], which is an annual observance that started in 2004.<ref name="movement"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Caldwell|first=Dave|title=Baseball; Special Day Honors Jackie Robinson|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 16, 2004|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/16/sports/baseball-special-day-honors-jackie-robinson.html|access-date=April 12, 2017}}</ref> For the 60th anniversary of Robinson's major league debut, MLB invited players to wear the number 42 on Jackie Robinson Day in 2007.<ref name="movement"/> The gesture was originally the idea of outfielder [[Ken Griffey Jr.]], who sought [[Rachel Robinson]]'s permission to wear the number.<ref name=Stone>{{cite news|url=http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/stone/2009/04/15/griffey_on_jackie_robinson_day.html |title=Ken Griffey Jr. on Jackie Robinson and the decline of African-Americans in baseball |access-date=May 27, 2009 |newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]] |date=April 15, 2009 |first=Larry |last=Stone |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417052004/http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/stone/2009/04/15/griffey_on_jackie_robinson_day.html |archive-date=April 17, 2009 }}</ref> After Griffey received her permission, Commissioner [[Bud Selig]] not only allowed Griffey to wear the number, but also extended an invitation to all major league teams to do the same.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20070404&content_id=1879309&vkey=pr_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |title=Griffey, Jr., others to wear No. 42 as part of Jackie Robinson Day tribute |website=[[Major League Baseball|MLB.com]] |date=April 4, 2007|access-date=May 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070407162410/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20070404&content_id=1879309&vkey=pr_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |archive-date=April 7, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Ultimately, more than 200 players wore number 42, including the entire rosters of the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]], [[New York Mets]], [[Houston Astros]], [[Philadelphia Phillies]], [[St. Louis Cardinals]], [[Milwaukee Brewers]], and [[Pittsburgh Pirates]].<ref name="movement">{{cite news
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/13/sports/baseball/13jackie.html |first=Bill |last=Pennington |title=A measure of respect for Jackie Robinson turns into a movement |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 13, 2007 |access-date=September 13, 2009}}</ref> The tribute was continued in 2008, when, during games on April 15, all members of the Mets, Cardinals, [[Washington Nationals]], and [[Tampa Bay Rays]] wore Robinson's number 42.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bloom |first=Barry M. |url= http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080415&content_id=2531842&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |title= Robinson's legacy celebrated at Shea |access-date=May 12, 2019|website=[[Major League Baseball|MLB.com]] |date=April 16, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521165600/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080415&content_id=2531842&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |archive-date=May 21, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="iht">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/sports/16iht-JACKIE.1.12034776.html |title=Baseball remembers Jackie Robinson |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 16, 2008 |access-date=September 13, 2009}}</ref> On June 25, 2008, MLB installed a new plaque for Robinson at the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]] commemorating his off-the-field impact on the game as well as his playing statistics.<ref name=newplaque/> In 2009, all of MLB's uniformed personnel (including players) wore number 42 on April 15; this tradition has continued every year since on that date.<ref>{{cite web |title=MLB players to wear #42 Monday to honor Jackie Robinson Day |publisher=WFTX-TV |date=April 15, 2019 |url=https://www.fox4now.com/news/national/mlb-players-to-wear-42-monday-to-honor-jackie-robinson-day |access-date=September 28, 2019}}</ref>

[[File:Jackie Robinson Museum front 2022 jeh.jpg|thumb|Front of the Jackie Robinson Museum, 2022 |alt=A greyish building with large glass doors.]]

At the November 2006 groundbreaking for [[Citi Field]], the new ballpark for the New York Mets, it was announced that the main entrance, modeled on the one in Brooklyn's old [[Ebbets Field]], would be called the [[Jackie Robinson Rotunda]]. The rotunda was dedicated at the opening of Citi Field on April 16, 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=4072441 |title=Jackie Robinson Rotunda dedicated at Citi Field |date=April 16, 2009 |agency=Associated Press  |access-date=May 27, 2009}}</ref> It honors Robinson with large quotations spanning the inner curve of the facade and features a large freestanding statue of his number, 42, which has become an attraction in itself. Mets owner [[Fred Wilpon]] announced that the Mets—in conjunction with [[Citigroup]] and the Jackie Robinson Foundation—would create the [[Jackie Robinson Museum]] and Learning Center, located at the headquarters of the [[Jackie Robinson Foundation]] at One Hudson Square, along [[Canal Street (Manhattan)|Canal Street]] in [[lower Manhattan]]. Along with the museum, scholarships will be awarded to "young people who live by and embody Jackie's ideals."<ref>{{cite news|last=Colford|first=Paul D.|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/mets-honor-robinson-new-home-article-1.616186 |title= Mets Honor Robinson at New Home |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |date=November 14, 2006 |access-date=February 9, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=O'Connell |first=Jack |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080304&content_id=2403980&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |title=Plans unveiled for Robinson Museum |date=March 4, 2008 |website=[[Major League Baseball|MLB.com]] |access-date=May 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306091845/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080304&content_id=2403980&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |archive-date=March 6, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Spencer|last=Fordin|title=Museum in NY to tell Jackie's story|date=April 13, 2011|website=[[Major League Baseball|MLB.com]]|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110413&content_id=17745294&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb|access-date=May 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415233813/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110413&content_id=17745294&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb|archive-date=April 15, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The museum opened  in 2022.<ref name="espn">{{Cite news |date=July 26, 2022 |title=Jackie Robinson Museum opens in Manhattan after 14 years of planning |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34297836/jackie-robinson-museum-opens-manhattan-14-years-planning |access-date=March 23, 2023 |work=[[ESPN]]|agency=[[Associated Press]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation extends partnership with The Jackie Robinson Foundation through $800,000 grant for college scholarships|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=February 27, 2020|url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-los-angeles-dodgers-foundation-extends-partnership-with-the-jackie|access-date=May 10, 2020}}</ref> The New York Yankees honor Robinson with a plaque in [[Monument Park (Yankee Stadium)|Monument Park]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Giorgi|first=Hilary|title=Yankees Magazine: A Place for Heroes|magazine=Yankees Magazine|date=December 15, 2017|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/non-yankees-plaques-in-monument-park-c263616044|access-date=May 30, 2019}}</ref>

Since 2004, the [[Aflac#Award programs|Aflac]] National High School Baseball Player of the Year has been presented the "Jackie Robinson Award".<ref>{{cite web|title=The 2010 Aflac National High School Player of The Year Nominees Announced |date=August 9, 2010 |publisher=Satellite Television |url=http://www.satellitetv-news.com/the-2010-aflac-national-high-school-player-of-the-year-nominees-announced/ |access-date=November 10, 2011 |quote=Named in honor of the late Hall of Famer and first man to break Major League Baseball's color barrier, the Jackie Robinson Award recognizes the nation's top high school player entering his senior year that demonstrates outstanding character, exhibits leadership and embodies the values of being a student athlete in both his schoolwork and community affairs. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109051800/http://www.satellitetv-news.com/the-2010-aflac-national-high-school-player-of-the-year-nominees-announced/ |archive-date=January 9, 2012 }} ''See also:'' [[Baseball awards#U.S. high-school baseball]].</ref>

Robinson has also been recognized outside of baseball. In December 1956, the NAACP recognized him with the [[Spingarn Medal]], which it awards annually for the highest achievement by an African-American.<ref name="memory1"/> President [[Ronald Reagan]] posthumously awarded Robinson the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] on March 26, 1984,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/sreference/presidential-medal-of-freedom |title=Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1981–1989 |access-date=May 12, 2019 |publisher=Ronald Reagan Presidential Library}}</ref> and on March 2, 2005, President [[George W. Bush]] gave Robinson's widow the [[Congressional Gold Medal]], the highest civilian award bestowed by Congress; Robinson was only the second baseball player to receive the award, after [[Roberto Clemente]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Jackie Robinson receives Congressional Gold Medal |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2005-03-02-jackie-robinson-medal_x.htm |work=[[USA Today]] |date=March 2, 2005 |access-date=September 13, 2009}}</ref> On August 20, 2007, California Governor [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] and his wife, [[Maria Shriver]], announced that Robinson was inducted into the [[California Hall of Fame]], located at [[The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts]] in Sacramento.<ref name="pressrelease2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/governor-arnold-schwarzenegger-and-first-lady-maria-shriver-announce-the-california-hall-of-fame-2007-inductees-58310767.html|title=Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver Announce the California Hall of Fame 2007 Inductees |publisher=PR Newswire |access-date=May 12, 2019 |date=August 20, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624194037/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/governor-arnold-schwarzenegger-and-first-lady-maria-shriver-announce-the-california-hall-of-fame-2007-inductees-58310767.html |archive-date=June 24, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:Rachel Robinson.jpg|thumb|left|[[Rachel Robinson]] accepts the posthumous [[Congressional Gold Medal]] for her husband from President [[George W. Bush]] in a March 2, 2005, ceremony in the [[Capitol Rotunda]]. Also pictured are [[Nancy Pelosi]] and [[Dennis Hastert]].|alt=Black woman holding aloft award presented by President George W. Bush and two other dignitaries]]

A number of buildings have been named in Robinson's honor. The [[UCLA Bruins baseball]] team plays in [[Jackie Robinson Stadium (UCLA baseball)|Jackie Robinson Stadium]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uclabruins.com/genrel/062200aah.html |title=Steele Field at Jackie Robinson Stadium |access-date=September 13, 2009 |publisher=UCLA Athletics |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725154753/http://www.uclabruins.com/genrel/062200aah.html |archive-date=July 25, 2011 }}</ref> which, because of the efforts of Jackie's brother Mack, features a memorial statue of Robinson by sculptor Richard H. Ellis.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uclahistoryproject.ucla.edu/Fun/ThisMonth_AprRobinson.asp |title=UCLA history project: Robinson statue |publisher=UCLA.edu |access-date=June 20, 2022 |archive-date=June 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623064956/http://alumni.ucla.edu/share/ucla-history/default.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> The stadium also unveiled a new mural of Robinson by Mike Sullivan on April 14, 2013. City Island Ballpark in [[Daytona Beach, Florida]] was renamed [[Jackie Robinson Ballpark]] in 1990 and a statue of Robinson with two children stands in front of the ballpark. His wife Rachel was present for the dedication on September 15. 1990.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson – Daytona Beach, Florida|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9WFJ_Jack_Roosevelt_Jackie_Robinson_Daytona_Beach_FL|publisher=waymarking.com|access-date=April 12, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jackie Robinson Ballpark|url=http://www.codb.us/index.aspx?NID=515|publisher=City of Daytona Beach|access-date=April 12, 2013}}</ref> A number of facilities at [[Pasadena City College]] (successor to PJC) are named in Robinson's honor, including Robinson Field, a football/soccer/track facility named jointly for Robinson and his brother Mack.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pasadena.edu/foundation/FundedProjects/stadium.cfm |title=Robinson Stadium |publisher=Pasadena City College Foundation |access-date=January 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720183627/http://www.pasadena.edu/foundation/FundedProjects/stadium.cfm |archive-date=July 20, 2011 }}</ref> The New York Public School system has named a middle school after Robinson,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/01/sports/robinson-stood-up-for-what-he-believed.html?pagewanted=all |title=Robinson 'stood up for what he believed' |access-date=September 12, 2009 |last=Anderson |first=Dave |date=April 1, 1997 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> and [[Susan Miller Dorsey High School|Dorsey High School]] plays at a Los Angeles football stadium named after him.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/03/us/fearing-gang-violence-school-forfeits-a-game.html?pagewanted=all |first=Robert |last=Reinhold |title=Fearing gang violence, school forfeits a game |access-date=September 12, 2009 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 3, 1991}}</ref> His home in Brooklyn, the [[Jackie Robinson House]], was declared a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1976,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/2007-07-25-history-sportsites_N.htm |title=Historic sports sites rarely take landmark status |access-date=October 7, 2008 |work=[[USA Today]] |date=July 26, 2007 |first=Jane |last=Lee}}</ref> and Brooklyn residents sought to turn his home into a city landmark.<ref>{{cite web|title=Residents Want To Turn Jackie Robinson's Brooklyn Home into City Landmark |url=http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/180324/residents-want-to-turn-jackie-robinson-s-brooklyn-home-into-city-landmark |publisher=NY1 |date=April 11, 2013 |access-date=April 12, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517224925/http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/180324/residents-want-to-turn-jackie-robinson-s-brooklyn-home-into-city-landmark |archive-date=May 17, 2013 }}</ref> In 1978, [[Jackie Robinson Park|Colonial Park]] in [[Harlem]] was renamed after Robinson.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pantorno|first=Joe|date=June 25, 2020|title=NYC Parks unveils renovated Jackie Robinson Park in Harlem|url=https://www.amny.com/new-york/manhattan/neighborhoods/nyc-parks-unveils-renovated-jackie-robinson-park-in-harlem/|access-date=January 11, 2021|website=amNewYork}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Hanson|first=Kimberly|date=February 11, 2010|title=A Closer Look at New York City's Historic Harlem Parks (Part II)|url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/news/daily-plant?id=22112|journal=The Daily Plant|publisher=New York City Department of Parks & Recreation|volume=25|access-date=January 11, 2021|number=5130}}</ref> Robinson also has an [[asteroid]] named after him, [[4319 Jackierobinson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=4319+Jackierobinson|title=4319 Jackierobinson (1981 ER14)|date=May 11, 2009|publisher=[[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]]|access-date=September 26, 2009}}</ref> In 1997, New York City renamed the [[Jackie Robinson Parkway|Interboro Parkway in his honor]].<ref>{{cite press release|title=Mayor Giuliani Unveils the New Jackie Robinson Parkway Sign|publisher=Office of the Mayor of New York City|date=April 14, 1997|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/html/97/sp196-97.html|access-date=October 23, 2019}}</ref> The following year, a [[Statue of Jackie Robinson (Jersey City)|statue of Robinson]] was dedicated at [[Journal Square Transportation Center]] in [[Jersey City, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/20942/|title=Jersey City, Journal Square, plaque at base of Jackie Robinson statue|year=2007|publisher=Rutgers University|doi=10.7282/T3CZ37M8|access-date=October 23, 2019|last1=Brennan|first1=John|journal=RUcore: Rutgers University Community Repository}}</ref>

In 1997, the [[United States Mint]] issued a Jackie Robinson commemorative silver dollar, and five-dollar gold coin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/commemoratives/jackie/index.cfm?action=jr_about |title=The Jackie Robinson Commemorative Coin Set |access-date=February 18, 2023 |publisher=United States Mint |archive-date=May 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528173413/http://www.usmint.gov/mint%5Fprograms/commemoratives/jackie/index.cfm?action=jr_about |url-status=dead }}</ref> Robinson has also been honored by the [[United States Postal Service]] on three separate postage stamps, in 1982, 1999, and 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/african-american-stamp-subjects-2011.pdf |title=African-American Subjects on United States Postage Stamps |publisher=United States Postal Service |year=2011 |access-date=March 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6Ck00SCjV?url=http://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/african-american-stamp-subjects-2011.pdf |archive-date=December 7, 2012 }} Images: [http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/robinson.jpg 1982]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213192639/http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/robinson.jpg |date=February 13, 2010 }}, [http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/multimedia/photo_gallery/0704/gallery.mlb.robinson/images/stamp.jpg 1999]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520001156/http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/multimedia/photo_gallery/0704/gallery.mlb.robinson/images/stamp.jpg |date=May 20, 2009 }}, [http://lindsaykurz.com/portfolio/artofthestamp/SubPage%20table%20images/artwork/athletics/Jackie%20Robinson/jackiestamp.jpg 2000] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213192639/http://lindsaykurz.com/portfolio/artofthestamp/SubPage%20table%20images/artwork/athletics/Jackie%20Robinson/jackiestamp.jpg |date=February 13, 2010 }}</ref>

In 2011, the U.S. placed a plaque at Robinson's Montreal home to honor the ending of segregation in baseball.<ref>{{cite news |title=Robinson's apartment in Montreal to be marked with plaque |date=February 27, 2011 |agency=The Canadian Press |work=[[CBC Sports]] |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/robinson-s-apartment-in-montreal-to-be-marked-with-plaque-1.1082358}}</ref> The house, at 8232 avenue de Gaspé near [[Jarry Park]], was Robinson's residence when he played for the [[Montreal Royals]] during 1946. In a letter read during the ceremony, Rachel Robinson, Jackie's widow, wrote: "I remember [[Montreal]] and that house very well and have always had warm feeling for that great city. Before Jack and I moved to Montreal, we had just been through some very rough treatment in the racially biased South during spring training in Florida. In the end, Montreal was the perfect place for him to get his start. We never had a threatening or unpleasant experience there. The people were so welcoming and saw Jack as a player and as a man."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/sports/Baseball+great+home+away+from+hate/4362662/story.html |title=Baseball great's home away from hate |last=Phillips |first=Randy |newspaper=[[Montreal Gazette]] |date=February 28, 2011 |access-date=March 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303085341/http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/Baseball%2Bgreat%2Bhome%2Baway%2Bfrom%2Bhate/4362662/story.html |archive-date=March 3, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On November 22, 2014, UCLA announced that it would officially retire the number 42 across all university sports, effective immediately. While Robinson wore several different numbers during his UCLA career, the school chose 42 because it had become indelibly identified with him.<ref name="UCLA retires 42">{{cite press release|url=http://www.uclabruins.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30500&ATCLID=209775149 |title=UCLA Honors Jackie Robinson by Retiring #42 Across All Sports |publisher=UCLA Athletics |date=November 22, 2014 |access-date=November 23, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/losangeles/mlb/story/_/id/11922252/ucla-bruins-honor-jackie-robinson-retire-no-42-all-teams |title=UCLA retires No. 42 for all teams |work=[[ESPN]] |date=November 22, 2014 |access-date=November 23, 2014 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> The only sport this did not affect was [[UCLA Bruins men's basketball|men's basketball]], which had [[UCLA Bruins men's basketball retired numbers|previously retired the number]] for [[Walt Hazzard]] (although [[Kevin Love]] was actually the last player in that sport to wear 42, with Hazzard's blessing).<ref>{{cite web|title=2011–12 UCLA Men's Basketball Media Guide |pages=116–118 |year=2011 |publisher=UCLA Athletic Department |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ucla/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/1112_MBB_MG_History.pdf |access-date=July 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907143320/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ucla/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/1112_MBB_MG_History.pdf |archive-date=September 7, 2012 |ref=2011_ucla_history |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Smith |first=Shelley |title=Walt Hazzard lived for others |date=November 18, 2011 |work=[[ESPN]] |url=https://www.espn.com/los-angeles/columns/story/_/id/7252892/ucla-great-walt-hazzard-lived-others |access-date=July 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403004125/http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/columns/story/_/id/7252892/ucla-great-walt-hazzard-lived-others |archive-date=April 3, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> In a move paralleling that of MLB when it retired the number, UCLA allowed three athletes (in women's soccer, softball, and football) who were already wearing 42 to continue to do so for the remainder of their UCLA careers. The school also announced it would prominently display the number at all of its athletic venues.<ref name="UCLA retires 42"/>

A jersey that Robinson brought home with him after his rookie season ended in 1947 was sold at an auction for $2.05&nbsp;million on November 19, 2017. The price was the highest ever paid for a post-World War II jersey.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rare Jackie Robinson jersey sold for $2.05 million|newspaper=[[The Spokesman-Review]]|agency=Associated Press|date=November 20, 2017|url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/nov/20/rare-jackie-robinson-jersey-sold-for-205-million/|access-date=December 9, 2017}}</ref>