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The Fastest Kid On the Block: The Marty Glickman Story

The Fastest Kid On the Block: The Marty Glickman Story

Glickman, Marty

Paperback

Series: Sports and Entertainment

Entertainment & Performing ArtsHistorical FiguresAthletes

Publisher Price: $19.95

ISBN10: 0815605749
ISBN13: 9780815605744
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: Sep 1 1999
Pages: 216
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.61 Width: 5.99 Depth: 8.77
Language: English

Marty Glickman, the incomparable sportscaster and Olympian athlete, writes of his five decades in sports. And what a career it was! At the heart of his autobiography is the notorious incident at the 1936 Nazi Olympics in Berlin. Glickman and Sam Stoller, the only Jews on the American track and field team, were dropped from the 400-meter relay team. More than any other event that would shape his life, this would be a defining moment for Glickman, one that would propel him into one of the richest and longest career in sports broadcasting history.

In The Fastest Kid on the Block, Glickman recounts his beginnings as an athlete in Brooklyn and his early years at Syracuse University. After his devastating experience at the Olympics, he began his broadcasting career. As one of the best-known voices of New York City sports, he announced many of the most exciting games in sports history, including baseball, hockey, football, wrestling, and basketball. Glickman was actively involved with, and now brings to life, the most influential teams and personalities in the sports world, including the New York Knicks, the New York Giants, Red Auerbach, Joe Namath, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Bradley, Bud Collins, and Mike Emrick, to name just a few.

This spirited autobiography concludes with Glickman's trenchant observations about his fellow sports broadcasters, the present-day Olympics, and his own tips on how to break into the competitive, wonderful world of sports broadcasting.

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