Sam Stoller
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Sam Stoller was an American athlete who specialized in sprinting and long jumping. He tied the world record in the 60-yard dash in 1936. Stoller is best known for his exclusion from the American 4 × 1
Sam Stoller
Newspaper announcement in July 1936 that Stoller (far left) and Glickman have qualified for the 4 x 100 relay team
"Speedy Sammy Stoller cracks tape" at dual meet against Cal, April 1937
Avery Brundage
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Avery Brundage was the fifth president of the International Olympic Committee, serving from 1952 to 1972, the only American and first non-European to attain that position. Brundage is remembered as a
Sam Stoller
…triggered widespread speculation that he and Marty Glickman—the only two Jews on the U.S. track team—were excluded because U.S. Olympic Committee chairman Avery Brundage wanted to avoid embarrassing Adolf Hitler by having two Jewish athletes win gold medals. Stoller vowed at the time that he would never run again, but…
Brundage in 1964
Brundage (left) and other Olympic officials on board and with the captain of the SS Bremen, en route to the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Nazi Germany
Julius Lippert, Avery Brundage and Theodor Lewald, organizer of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin
Brundage addresses the media at the London Olympics, 1948.