August 8, 1915 - Jewish American athlete Sam Stoller is born
- Author
- runningupthathillary
- Published
- Sat 09 Aug 2025
- Episode Link
- https://runningupthathillary.podbean.com/e/august-8-1915-jewish-american-athlete-sam-stoller-is-born/
Today is Friday, August 8th, 2025 and on this day in 1915, Samuel Stoller was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
In this episode, we’ll hear about Stoller’s background, meet his would-be teammate, Marty Glickman, and learn how the two were barred from competing in the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany because they were Jewish.
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Bibliography:
https://cincinnati.newspapers.com/newspage/103028901/
https://aish.com/the-two-jewish-american-athletes-excluded-from-1936-berlin-olympics/
https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/31/sport/germany-berlin-jewish-olympics-maccabi
