THE LEGEND OF JIMMY THE GREEK
article by: James Thomas Fridas
JUNE 23, 2014
article by: James Thomas Fridas
JUNE 23, 2014
As a youngster growing up in Steubenville, Jimmy The Greek kept company with bookmakers, laying bets mainly on college football and basketball games. He also invested heavily in oil and other similar ventures!
He moved to Las Vegas in 1956 he was becoming well known as an odds maker in professional football. He was an odds maker for over 12 years and was on CBS Sports titled "The NFL Today".
He lived a very interesting life though he made a statement that cost him his job at CBS, where he was assaulted by some very ignorant people who were for the most part truly racist in their views and attitudes.
Jimmy the Greek in short was stabbed in the back by over zealous people who had nothing but hate in their heart for Jimmy the Greek, he was to trusting. When he meet with executives from CBS he said off the record and they published his response and then called him racist, what deceitful people these were and it came to light on other reports over time but CBS fired him.
He moved to Las Vegas in 1956 he was becoming well known as an odds maker in professional football. He was an odds maker for over 12 years and was on CBS Sports titled "The NFL Today".
He lived a very interesting life though he made a statement that cost him his job at CBS, where he was assaulted by some very ignorant people who were for the most part truly racist in their views and attitudes.
Jimmy the Greek in short was stabbed in the back by over zealous people who had nothing but hate in their heart for Jimmy the Greek, he was to trusting. When he meet with executives from CBS he said off the record and they published his response and then called him racist, what deceitful people these were and it came to light on other reports over time but CBS fired him.
Floyd H. Flake, a Democratic Congressman from Queens, check the name Flake said Jimmy The Greek made racial slurs, after listening to Jimmy the Greek and I was there! He never said anything in a negative or racist term so Flake was and is an idiot!
All the small minds united to attack and vilify Jimmy the Greek such as Jesse Jackson, Miami Herald published an editorial, New York Times sports columnist George Vecsey, no real spiritual persona here!
After all the small minded people who attacked Jimmy the Greek and made his life miserable he lived relatively quietly and wrote for a Las Vegas newspaper in which he wrote a betting column.
Jimmy the Greek lost three children to cystic fibrosis. His son Jamie died at the age of 27 while his daughter Tina died at 2 1/2; Florence at 30 days, this had to be a tragedy of monumental proportions!
Jimmy the Greek passed away and was survived by his wife, a son named Anthony; daughters Stephanie and Vickie, all of Steubenville; John Synodinos of Wintersville, Ohio; sisters Mary Papalios of Athens, Marika Berris of Steubenville, and Angela Kayafas of Wintersville, and one grandson.
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copyright James Thomas Fridas (c)
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copyright James Thomas Fridas (c)
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