American former baseball player Jackie Robinson (1919 - 1972) of the Brooklyn Dodgers (center) accepts a check for $500 from John Lowell Pratt, president of AC Barnes and Company, book publishers, 1965. The check is the one and only monetary recognition of the winning of the Most Valuable Player Award. It is given by AS Barnes in conjunction with the publication of the new biography Jackie Robinson, by sportswriter Bill Roeder (left). (Photo by Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images)
