This book was provided to me from Netgalley, so I can read and review it before it’s published.
I only knew Marty Glickman as a New York sports broadcaster, and with the help from this book, I learned a lot more about him.
It was interesting to see how he got from being an athletic teenager who played high school football and was also on the track and field team to a nationally recognized sports broadcaster. And, in the middle of this, he was on the 1936 US Olympic team in Berlin, Germany but was removed (along with Sam Stoller – both Jewish) at the last minute to participate in the 4 x 100 Meter relay. Was it because he was Jewish and Hitler didn’t want that since they probably would’ve won Gold or was it political? Glickman always claimed political, but later in his life, he said it was because he was Jewish. So, who replaced him and won that event in his place? Well, it was Jesse Owens.
He was a mentor to Marv Albert and Bob Costas, just to name a few of the many aspiring broadcasters that were mentioned.
He is indeed an American Jewish sports legend.
