JIMMY THE GREEK WAS A LEGEND

JIMMY THE GREEK


BEYOND THE LEGEND        article by:  James Thomas Fridas                                                                                                                                                                                     
May 23, 2015                           

There was a time when Jimmy the Greek was in the beginning of sport betting, this is when he actually began to write for Las Vegas newspapers before he was on television, by then Jimmy the Greek became a household name, his actual name was Jimmy the Greek Snyder.

During his many years as a prognosticator Jimmy the Greek would suffer many tragedies which included the loss of three of his children, a harrowing experience for any parent!  Jimmy the Greek had a sixth sense for picking winners he was the best and his testimony to this day is the best there is or was!

Football legend Irv Cross worked alongside Jimmy the Greek and said he was never a racist from a black athletes opinion however several ignorant people like former congressman Floyd Flake get that name a real flake!!! would assault Jimmy the Greek as did former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson, we all know his credentials are truly honorable, right?  If you believe that then you believe that Santa Clause wears a Green Jump suit!!!
                                                                                                                                                  Jimmy The Greek Snyder was a legend who was brilliant, and before we go any further any aspersion to his charter was false and a total lie!  Jimmy The Greek was never known to be a racist, however there were racists that tried to make him look like a racist, he was a genuinely honest person!  

As time went on Jimmy the Greek would write for the Las Vegas newspapers and other sporting greens he was a master at prognosticating, IE. sports betting giving odds, long live his memory!

Jimmy the Greek Snyder, was born  Demetrios Georgios Synodinos, known as "Jimmy the Greek," an odds maker and football personality who brought gambling into every ones living room through television but was fired by CBS Sports for saying that black Americans were better athletes than whites because of physical traits dating back to slavery, this he stated was suppose to be off the record, this he attributed to a movie he saw.   He was 76 years old when he died.

R.I.P.  Jimmy may the good lord bless you always!  We know that the slings and arrows are sent by those of a wayward mind and an evil disposition, so they to will have their reward!   As Einstein once stated, "that small minds often attack superior people"!  Quote:

The way in which he stated these facts were actually suppose to be a compliment to the superior athletic ability that athletes of a different color displayed, where then is the racism?  In the minds of the accusers of course!

Jimmy the Greek was born in a small Ohio town called Steubenville,  while his family's roots are from the Greek island of Chios in the Aegean Sea.   He was a well rounded athlete who got into sports in school and later had a talent for spotting a certain kind of athlete that could make the team win games, one event was when the Navy ran against Notre Damn, he picked the Navy while everyone else picked Notre Damn, the Navy won 38 to 7 nice going Jimmy!!!

I think that Jimmy was a bold individual and he was on the money most of the time, his big win was 200 to 1 against McGovern!!!  Guess he got slaughtered by Nixon!! Yet the people who attacked Jimmy were for the most part small minded little people!

If Jimmy the Greek were alive today what would he project for college football?  We will check out this and other features to give you an update of our favorite sports betting phenom!  Well this is the direction I am hoping to acheive is to find the next "Jimmy the Greek"!   Are you that person?  Can you do football and basketball odds making?  Let me know and we will see how well you do!

Are you the next Jimmy the Greek?  If so let us know so we can get you into television and let the world know how good you are, that will be in our next issue of Jimmy the Greek for television.
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