Jackie Robinson

A statue of the baseball great, stolen and destroyed earlier this year, was replaced during a ceremony Monday night. The man who stole the statue was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the theft.

Metalsmiths in Colorado are remaking Jackie Robinson in bronze after the theft of a beloved statue of the civil rights baseball icon from a park in Wichita, Kansas, set off a national outpouring of donations.

The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum accepted on Thursday the remnants of the vandalized statue. The cleats will be added to an existing exhibit about the first Black American to break Major League Baseball’s color barrier.

Just one online fundraiser brought in $145,000 to replace a bronze statue of Jackie Robinson that was stolen from a park in Wichita. Fire crews found burned remnants of the statue a few miles away. Police are still searching for those responsible.

The statue had been stolen from a youth baseball league facility at McAdams Park in Wichita last week. While the statue is not salvageable, the league is working on replacing it with the same mold as the original.

A prized statue of Jackie Robinson was stolen from a public park in Kansas, spurring a police search and outrage across the city of Wichita.

Friday marks the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson becoming the first Black player in Major League Baseball. Robinson began his career with the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues.

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