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Sam Balter

1909 - 1998

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Samuel Balter Jr. (October 15, 1909 – August 8, 1998) was an American basketball player who won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. He was also a renowned sportscaster. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sam Balter is the 261st most popular basketball player (up from 283rd in 2019), the 11,009th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,243rd in 2019) and the 147th most popular American Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Sam Balter ranks 261 out of 1,757. Before him are Gregor Fučka, Valdis Valters, Ray Lumpp, Lou Williams, Pierluigi Marzorati, and Theodoros Papaloukas. After him are Carl Knowles, Joe Fulks, Dick Van Arsdale, Alex English, Sergio Llull, and Bam Adebayo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Sam Balter ranks 391. Before him are Raúl Landini, Marcel Balsa, Andrei Bărbulescu, Julius J. Epstein, Piero Scotti, and C. Douglas Dillon. After him are Frank Henry, Frank Albertson, Karen Morley, Alan Curtis, Evelyne Hall, and E. M. S. Namboodiripad. Among people deceased in 1998, Sam Balter ranks 300. Before him are John Pulman, Dušan Pašek, Boris Tatushin, Charles Korvin, Dan Osman, and Tommy Flowers. After him are Daniel Massey, E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Valerie Hobson, Rudy Dhaenens, Hammond Innes, and Gennady Yevryuzhikhin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sam Balter ranks 11,011 out of 20,380. Before him are Lou Harrison (1917), Louis Sachar (1954), Rikishi (1965), Charles Dumas (1937), Edward Egan (1932), and Evelyn Venable (1913). After him are Robert Creeley (1926), Richard Garfield (1963), Baby Dodds (1898), Markie Post (1950), Bud Shank (1926), and Edgar Buchanan (1903).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Sam Balter ranks 147. Before him are Tracy McGrady (1979), Art Mollner (1912), Bill Laimbeer (1957), Jim Pollard (1922), Ray Lumpp (1923), and Lou Williams (1986). After him are Carl Knowles (1910), Joe Fulks (1921), Dick Van Arsdale (1943), Alex English (1954), Bam Adebayo (1997), and Al Attles (1936).

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