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Marty Glickman signed MLB Ball 1936 Olympics, Announcer Knicks, Jets & Giants

$ 89.23

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Product: Ball
  • Sport: Baseball-MLB
  • Signed: Yes
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Original/Reprint: Original

    Description

    Martin Irving Glickman was an American radio announcer who was famous for his broadcasts of the New York Knicks basketball games and the football games of the New York Giants and the New York Jets. He was the most influential sports announcer of his time.
    Marty was Part of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin
    What is less remembered about the Nazi Olympics is the saga of two American Jewish sprinters, Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller. The 18-year-old Glickman had been a track and football star at Syracuse University, while Stoller competed for the University of Michigan. The two young men made the U. S. Olympic squad as members of the 400-yard relay team. Glickman and Stoller traveled to Germany and prepared diligently for the relay race. The day before the race, however, with little explanation, the U.S. track team coaches replaced Glickman and Stoller with two other runners, Jesse Owens and Ralph Metcalfe, both African-Americans.
    Signed in person at a book signing.  Nice book, email with questions happy to help.