Hoping to distract Yankee catcher Yogi Berra and disrupt the pitcher, Bob Turley, Jackie Robinson dances off of third base during the third game of the 1955 World Series at Ebbets Field. Brooklyn won the game, 8-3, and went on to win the Series.
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In this previously unpublished image, Jackie Robinson relaxes between takes on the set of the 1950 biopic, "The Jackie Robinson Story," in which he starred as himself.
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Brooklyn manager Charlie Dressen, Iraq's 17-year-old King Faisal II (invited to the U.S. by President Truman) and Jackie Robinson chat in the Dodger dugout in 1952. The caption — in the odd, clipped language LIFE employed at the time — that accompanied this picture when it ran in LIFE: "Baseball badinage in Dodger dugout pleased king until his uncle made him remove ball cap as undignified. 'I guess I'd better leave now,' said king."
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Jackie Robinson slashes a base hit during Game 6 of the 1955 World Series.
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Yogi Berra takes issue with the umpire's "safe" call after Jackie Robinson's electrifying steal of home in Game 1 of the 1955 World Series. Today, Berra is often regarded a cuddly old ambassador for baseball. Back then, when the game was on the line, Yogi Berra was known as a bad, bad man. See the entire gallery of photos on LIFE.com
