"Maybe tomorrow, we will all wear 42. That way they won't tell us apart." That quote was made famous by the 2013 film, '42: The Jackie Robinson Story,' a biopic about the baseball trailblazer.

Robinson was the first Black man to ever play on a Major League Baseball team. He was an infielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1947 to 1956. Robinson's jersey number, 42, crops up at least twice ...

“References to the number 42 throughout #SpiderVerse are in honor of Jackie Robinson, the first African American Major League Baseball player, whose jersey number was 42,” the official account ...