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Samuel Balter Jr. (October 15, 1909 – August 8, 1998) was an American basketball player who won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was also a renowned sportscaster.[1]

Sam Balter

Personal information
Born	(1909-10-15)October 15, 1909 Detroit, Michigan
Died	August 8, 1998(1998-08-08) (aged 88) Los Angeles, California
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight	150 lb (68 kg)
Career information
High school	Lincoln (Los Angeles, California) Roosevelt (Los Angeles, California)
College	UCLA (1926–1929)
Position	Forward
Medals Men's basketball Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1936 Berlin Team competition

Career

Balter was born in Detroit, Michigan.[1] He went first to Lincoln High School, and then to Roosevelt High School, both in Los Angeles.[2] He then attended UCLA, where he played basketball and was an NCAA All-American.[1][3]

He competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. As a Jew, he had some hesitation about playing in the Olympics hosted by Hitler's Germany, but was persuaded when he was assured by Avery Brundage that there would be no Nazi propaganda at the games.[4]

Balter was part of the American basketball team which won the gold medal. He played in two matches, but not the final match in which the U.S. team won the gold medal. He was one of a number of Jewish athletes who won medals at the Nazi Olympics in Berlin in 1936.[5] Before the Olympics, Balter played college basketball at UCLA and for an amateur basketball team sponsored by Universal Pictures.

Balter later turned his celebrity into a career as a Los Angeles sportscaster, announcing at radio station KLAC from 1946 to 1962, and starting his TV career on a local station in 1950. He was known as the "voice of UCLA football and basketball" and also wrote sports columns for the Los Angeles Herald-Express.[6][7]

Balter was the broadcast announcer for the Los Angeles Stars of the American Basketball Association before the ABA-NBA merger.[8] He also appeared in a number of movies and television shows, always portraying a radio announcer or sportscaster.

Balter is a member of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Hall of Fame, the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, the Southern California Broadcasters Hall of Fame, the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, and the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame.[3][9]

Personal life

Balter was married and had a daughter. He died as a result of complications from abdominal surgery on August 8, 1998.[6]

Filmography

• Straightaway (1961–1962), two episodes

References

External links

• Olympics Profile
• Sam Balter at Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
• Sam Balter at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] Sam Balter

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[fr] Sam Balter

Samuel J. « Sam » Balter, né le 8 novembre 1909 à Détroit, dans le Michigan, décédé le 8 août 1998 à Los Angeles, en Californie, est un joueur américain de basket-ball. Il évolue au poste d'arrière.

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[it] Sam Balter

Samuel J. "Sam" Balter jr. (Detroit, 8 novembre 1909 – Los Angeles, 8 agosto 1998[1]) è stato un cestista e allenatore di pallacanestro statunitense.

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[ru] Балтер, Сэм

Сэмюэл Дж. «Сэм» Балтер-младший (англ. Samuel J. Balter, Jr.; 15 октября 1909 года, Детройт, штат Мичиган, США ― 8 августа 1998 года, Лос-Анджелес, штат Калифорния, США) ― американский баскетболист и комментатор.

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