Jackie Robinson StatueTheft in Kansas
Wichita's League 42 receives national support to replace stolen bronze statue of the baseball legend.
- The original statue was stolen and dismantled in January 2024, leaving only Robinson's cleats behind.
- A national outpouring of donations, including $100,000 from Major League Baseball, funded the replacement.
- The new statue is being cast using the original mold at Art Castings studio in Loveland, Colorado.
- The severed cleats from the original statue are now displayed at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.
- The theft was not racially motivated but intended to sell the bronze for scrap, with one man pleading guilty.
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