Robert Jackson (birth unknown – death unknown) was an American Negro league catcher in the 1880s and 1890s. Jackson made his professional debut for the

New York Gorhams The New York Gorhams were a Negro league baseball team that played from 1886 to 1892. During their short existence the Gorhams grew to be one of the most successful black professional clubs in the country and challenged the supremacy of the Cuban ...

in 1887, and played again for New York the following season. He went on to play for the Cuban Giants and

Cuban X-Giants The Cuban X-Giants were a professional Negro league baseball team that played from 1896 to 1906. Originally most of the players were former Cuban Giants, or ex-Giants. Like the Cuban Giants, the original players were not Cuban (though the team woul ...

, and finished his career with the Chicago Unions, where he played from 1897 to 1899, serving as team captain in 1899. 1899 Chicago Unions Calendar

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