Sam Balter by Balter Kahn Barbara Balter Kahn, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

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 """"birth"""" 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: """"Olympian."""" He was a gold medal winner in basketball in the 1936 """"Hitler"""" Olympics. And, he was a Jew. | Sam Balter by Balter Kahn Barbara Balter Kahn, Paperback | Indigo Chapters