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During his college years Sam got the nickname 'Miracle Boy', Hall was a member of the diving team at the |
During his college years Sam got the nickname 'Miracle Boy', Hall was a member of the diving team at the school. He was the [[NCAA]] champion in one-meter diving in 1960 and in three-meter diving in 1959 and 1960. because Sam hall was the best |
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<ref>http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/swimming/2005/2005_m_swimming_champ_record.pdf</ref> He also won a silver medal for diving in the [[1960 Summer Olympics]].<ref>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HALLSAM01 Sam Hall Olympic medals and stats<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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Samuel ("Sam") Nesley Hall (born March 10, 1937 in Dayton, Ohio), an American, is an Olympic silver medalist and former member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He is also the brother of Ambassador Tony Hall and the son of former Dayton, Ohio, mayor Dave Hall. He now lives in Florida, working in real estate.
Diver
During his college years Sam got the nickname 'Miracle Boy', Hall was a member of the diving team at the school. He was the NCAA champion in one-meter diving in 1960 and in three-meter diving in 1959 and 1960. because Sam hall was the best [1] He also won a silver medal for diving in the 1960 Summer Olympics.[2]
Counterterrorist
Hall later worked as an unpaid "volunteer counterterrorist," as Hall described himself,[3] going to Central America to fight on the side of anti-communist forces as an advisor to the Nicaraguan Contras. He reentered the national spotlight again in late 1986 when he was captured by Sandinista National Liberation Front forces, which announced the capture of a "spy". Hall was freed in less than two months.[4]
References
Further reading
Hall, Sam. Counter-Terrorist. New York: D. I. Fine. ISBN 9781556110498. OCLC 16873424. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |origmonth= and |month= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |origdate= ignored (|orig-date= suggested) (help)
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