# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-balter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:34:02.734Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-balter"
name: "Sam Balter"
slug: "sam-balter"
description: "Samuel Balter Jr. 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."
tagline: "American basketball player and sportscaster (1909–1998)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b6/SamBaltercirca1929.JPG"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1909-10-15"
deathDate: "1998-08-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.8
  momentum:             1.967403234825109
  historical:           17.08311866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0051199/"
    handle:    "nm0051199"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sam Balter"
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    title: "Samuel Balter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%B1%CE%BC_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%AC%CE%BB%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81"
    title: "Σαμ Μπάλτερ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Balter"
    title: "Sam Balter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Balter"
    title: "Sam Balter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سم بالتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sam Balter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Balter"
    title: "Sam Balter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Balter"
    title: "Sam Balter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Balter"
    title: "Sam Balter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sam Balter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Balter"
    title: "Sam Balter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Balter"
    title: "Sam Balter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Balter"
    title: "Samuel Balter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Balter"
    title: "Sam Balter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A1%D1%8D%D0%BC"
    title: "Балтер, Сэм"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sam Balter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Balter"
    title: "Samuel Balter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q375858"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1239959"
    title: "Sam Balter"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump