Sam Balter

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.