Sam Balter: His Life and Times e-bog
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Sam Balter was a pioneer in the field of sports broadcasting. He had the first coast-to-coast radio sportscast and televised the first football game in the Southern California area, as well as baseball and basketball games. He was a newscaster during WWII and was the independent radio pool correspondent for the "e;birth"e; of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945. Along with a nig...
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50,64 DKK
Forlag
iUniverse
Udgivet
18 februar 2010
Længde
204 sider
Genrer
BGS
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781450204583
Sam Balter was a pioneer in the field of sports broadcasting. He had the first coast-to-coast radio sportscast and televised the first football game in the Southern California area, as well as baseball and basketball games. He was a newscaster during WWII and was the independent radio pool correspondent for the "e;birth"e; of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945. Along with a nightly sports program, a daily sports newspaper column, he was cast in frequent movies in like roles. But, all these activities took a back seat to his most treasured sobriquet: "e;Olympian."e; He was a gold medal winner in basketball in the 1936 "e;Hitler"e; Olympics. And, he was a Jew.