(JEWISH GROUP) The Two Jewish American Athletes Excluded from 1936 Berlin Olympics
Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller were getting ready for the race of their lives. It was the morning of August 8, 1936, and in just a few hours they’d be representing their country by running the first two legs of the 4 x 100-meter relay race trials for the United States at the Berlin Summer Olympic Games. The finals were scheduled for the next day.
Then everything came crashing down. A meeting was called for the USA track team, and Glickman and Stoller – the only Jews on that team – learned they’d been suddenly dropped from the race they were scheduled to run.
Why?
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“Boys, this is a tough decision. You’ve all done so well here, and I hate to disappoint any of you. But Coach Cromwell and I have decided to go with Jesse (Owens), Ralph (Metcalf), Foy (Draper), and Frank (Wykoff). Marty, Sam, I’m sorry but that’s our decision.”
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