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Watching Robinson change the game
Local teacher steps into baseball icon's cleats while appearing in "42"
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Centennial Arts Academy physical education teacher Kirklan Moore, center, played third base for the Cardinals and Pirates and shortstop for the New York Giants in the film “42.” The movie is based on the events surrounding baseball icon Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in Major League baseball.
People often dream about getting the opportunity to go back in time and meet their heroes. Though he wasn’t able to actually time travel, one local teacher and baseball coach participated in the filming of a movie about his hero, baseball legend Jackie Robinson. Kirklan Moore, a physical education teacher at Centennial Arts Academy and a softball and baseball assistant coach at Gainesville High School, plays a third baseman in the movie “42.”