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Do you think maybe he could jump over that Southern Cal line?

4 seconds sound clip from the The Jackie Robinson Story movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:04:58.810 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Of course. How'd I get it mixed up like that? My, my.

- Yeah, they wouldn't know who I'd be jumping for at the track meet tomorrow.

- Is that what your brother Mack won a medal for? That what you talking' about?

- Won a medal? Ma, when Mack jumped for Pasadena Junior College, he broke the national junior college record. And nobody has jumped that far since.

- That's nice.

- This kid jumped 25 ft. 6 1 2 inches, Bill. Broke his brother's record.

- Do you think maybe he could jump over that Southern Cal line?

- He led the conference in TDS'.

- Only, there's one problem, Bill.

- What, you mean the Trojans have already got him?

- No, no. No, he's a colored boy. I heard somebody squawking about giving colored boys too many athletic scholarships.

- Colored boys are all right with me if they're the right color.

- The right color?

- I like a good clean American boy with a B average. That's the kind of a boy you're talking about.

[...]

The Jackie Robinson Story Sound Clip

The Jackie Robinson Story Poster

Memorable voice quotes from the biographical film The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), starring Jackie Robinson as himself.

Actors: Jackie Robinson (Himself), Ruby Dee (Rae Robinson), Minor Watson (Branch Rickey), Louise Beavers (Jackie's mother)

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