Jackie Robinson older brother Mack ~ 1936 Olympic sprinter in German set

[Ribbens]

Recently purchased a nice lot of 1936 Olympic cards including one showing Jackie Robinson's older brother Mack Robinson. Mack finished 2nd place to Jessie Owens in the 200m race. He is pictured on the second step on the diving board along with 11 USA athletes in Berlin.

[irishdenny]

Dankz David!

One of the Greatest "Slow Told Stories" in United States's History...

All eyes were on Jesse!
Than came His Big Brother...
In a Race that took Place in Germany...
In 1936...
In Front of Hitler!

Jus Awesome!!!
A 1 -2 Finish in a Race, Well... Jus Awesome

[Michael B]

This Reemstma card also exists in color. It is nice that it is one of the large cards from the set.

[stone193]

Thanx for posting David.

Didn't know that Jackie's brother was in the '36 Olympics.

I have a color version of the album but Mack was dissed with respect to pics.

Here's a color card of Jesse finishing the 200m race - Mack is no where in sight even tho he came in 2nd - getting the Silver.

Based on what I just read, Mack qualified by beating out the '32 Olympic gold medalist to make the team.

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by stone193

Thanx for posting David.

Didn't know that Jackie's brother was in the '36 Olympics.

I have a color version of the album but Mack was dissed with respect to pics.

Here's a color card of Jesse finishing the 200m race - Mack is no where in sight even tho he came in 2nd - getting the Silver.

Based on what I just read, Mack qualified by beating out the '32 Olympic gold medalist to make the team.

Mack Robinson is not dissed in this photo. This card shows round 1 heat 12 of the 100m dash. It is not the finals of the 200m dash. In heat 12 Owens finished first with a time of 10.3 seconds. Second was Kichizo Sasaki of Japan with a time of 11.0 seconds which qualified him for the second round. Third was José de Almeida of Brazil with a time of 11.1 seconds. He did not advance. The other runners in this heat were Dieudonné Devrindt of Belgium and Austin Cassar-Torreggiani of Malta. The card shows left to right Owens, Sasaki and de Almeida. The only other Brazilian to compete in the 100m was Oswaldo Domingues and he did not get past the first round (heat 9). In the quarter finals Owens did run against a Japanese athlete, Takayoshi Yoshioka, in heat two, but since no Brazilian advanced past the first round it could not be the quarter finals.

Owens did not run against any other Brazilians. José de Almeida did compete in the 200m, but he ran in heat 1 and did not advance. Owens ran in heat 3.

Additionally, Mack did not beat the 1932 gold medalist in the 200m to make the team. Eddie Tolan, won the gold medal in the 100m and 200m at the 1932 Olympics. By March, 1935 Tolan was competing as a professional when he won the 75yd, 100yd and 220yd events at the World Professional Sprint Championships in Melbourne, Australia. At the 1936 Olympic Track and field trials held at Randall's Island in New York the placings in the 200m were as follows:

1. Jesse Owens
2. Mack Robinson
3. Bob Packard
4. Ralph Metcalfe
5. Foy Draper
6. Harvey Wallender
7. Jack Weiershauser

The first 3 finishers competed in the 200m in Berlin. Packard made it to the quarter finals. Metcalfe won a silver and bronze (100m, 200m) at the 1932 Olympics. He won a silver and gold (100m, 4x100m relay) at the 1936 games. Foy Draper won a gold in the 4x100m relay in Berlin.

[Huysmans]

Originally Posted by Michael B

Mack Robinson is not dissed in this photo. This card shows round 1 heat 12 of the 100m dash. It is not the finals. In heat 12 Owens finished first with a time of 10.3 seconds. Second was Kichizo Sasaki of Japan with a time of 11.0 seconds which qualified him for the second round. Third was José de Almeida of Brazil with a time of 11.1 seconds. He did not advance. The other runners in this heat were Dieudonné Devrindt of Belgium and Austin Cassar-Torreggiani of Malta. The card shows left to right Owens, Sasaki and de Almeida. The only other Brazilian to compete in the 100m was Oswaldo Domingues and he did not get past the first round (heat 9). In the quarter finals Owens did run against a Japanese athlete, Takayoshi Yoshioka, in heat two, but since no Brazilian advanced past the first round it could not be the quarter finals.

Owens did not run against any other Brazilians. José de Almeida did compete in the 200m, but he ran in heat 1 and did not advance. Owens ran in heat 3.

Additionally, Mack did not beat the 1932 gold medalist in the 200m to make the team. Eddie Tolan, won the gold medal in the 100m and 200m at the 1932 Olympics. By March, 1935 Tolan was competing as a professional when he won the 75yd, 100yd and 220yd events at the World Professional Sprint Championships in Melbourne, Australia. At the 1936 Olympic Track and field trials held at Randall's Island in New York the placings in the 200m were as follows:

1. Jesse Owens
2. Mack Robinson
3. Bob Packard
4. Ralph Metcalfe
5. Foy Draper
6. Harvey Wallender
7. Jack Weiershauser

The first 3 finishers competed in the 200m in Berlin. Packard made it to the quarter finals. Metcalfe won a silver and bronze (100m, 200m) at the 1932 Olympics. He won a silver and gold (100m, 4x100m relay) at the 1936 games. Foy Draper won a gold in the 4x100m relay in Berlin.

Thanks for stating the actual facts and setting the record straight.

[jason.1969]

I’ve spent some time trying to figure this card out, and my conclusion is that Mack Robinson does not appear at all.

The two Black athletes are almost certainly Eulace Peacock (third from left) and Cornelius Johnson (on steps)

As for “Robinson,” he is actually (white) Fresno State Bulldog and 1935 AAU 800 meter champion Elroy Robinson.

More info here if you like:

https://1939bruins.wordpress.com/202...rd-that-wasnt/

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

I’ve spent some time trying to figure this card out, and my conclusion is that Mack Robinson does not appear at all.

The two Black athletes are almost certainly Eulace Peacock (third from left) and Cornelius Johnson (on steps)

As for “Robinson,” he is actually (white) Fresno State Bulldog and 1935 AAU 800 meter champion Elroy Robinson.

More info here if you like:

https://1939bruins.wordpress.com/202...rd-that-wasnt/

That would make sense. I always suspected that this image was taken at the AAU Championships as the patch on their tops is AAU and not Olympic. This could not have been taken at the Olympic Trials as they were held on Randall's Island in New York City. They did have an outdoor swimming pool there, but the athletes wore the jerseys of their affiliated colleges and clubs. The 1936 AAU Championships were held July 3-4 at Princeton, but Robinson did not compete. The three listed on the back - Peacock, Johnson and Robinson all won at the 1935 AAU Championships held at the University of Nebraska. They did/do have an outdoor pool near Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. This meet was one of the few times Owens did not win the 100m. In that race Peacock was first, Metcalfe second and Owens third. Peacock also defeated Owens in the Long Jump during that meet. Peacock was injured before the 1936 Olympic trials and did not even make it out of the heats. He finished last (7th) in the second heat.

[jason.1969]

Not only that but the Olympic Trials took place after the card was already out.

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by jason.1969

Not only that but the Olympic Trials took place after the card was already out.

That would depend upon which Bilder-Gruppen the card was in. A large number of the cards show action during the games - 4 different Owens, Glenn Hardin, Kitei Son, Jimmy Luvalle, handball etc. If any of the cards in that particular envelope are from action during the games then this card was issued after the games.

[jason.1969]

This was from Band I, which came out in May 1936. The focus of the album was the recently concluded Winter Games, the history of the modern Olympics, and the upcoming Summer Games. The article covers all this.


Jason
Twitter: @heavyj28

[Topnotchsy]

Here's a cool Jackie-related piece with Mack's autograph and many others close to Jackie (the Campanella is ghost-signed I assume).