Sam Hall

Sam Hall

Samuel ("Sam") Wesley 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, Hall was a member of the diving team at the Ohio State University. He was the NCAA champion in one-meter diving in 1960 and in three-meter diving in 1959 and 1960. [http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/swimming/2005/2005_m_swimming_champ_record.pdf] He also won a silver medal for diving in the 1960 Summer Olympics. [ [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HALLSAM01 Sam Hall Olympic medals and stats ] ]

Counterterrorist

Hall later worked as an unpaid "volunteer counterterrorist," as Hall described himself, [http://time-proxy.yaga.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,963128-2,00.html] 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. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEFD6113DF932A35751C0A961948260 HEADLINERS; Out of Nicaragua - New York Times ] ]

References

* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/sam-hall-1.html sports-reference]

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