On April 12, 1947, Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey signed three players from his team's top farm club, the Montreal Royals, to the Dodgers' major league roster.
One was a sharp-eyed third baseman named Spider Jorgensen, who would someday be a successful major league scout.
One was Detroit native and three-sport University of Michigan letterman Don Lund, whose baseball career would eventually circle back to both his alma mater and his hometown team.
The other was Jackie Robinson. He would make history