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Oral history interview with Michael Bryant conducted by Claytee D. White and Stefani Evans on September 25, 2024 for the Game On! The Oral History of Las Vegas Sports project. In this interview, Bryant describes his childhood in Massachusetts, playing high school baseball, hockey, and basketball. He describes being a highly touted ninth-round pick drafted by the Boston Red Sox in his third year at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell (1980), but cutting his sports career short at 24 years of age. He recalls moving with his wife to Las Vegas, Nevada, coaching his son’s sports teams, and his rock band. Digital audio available; no transcript available.
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Sam Friedman was a Jewish business owner in Las Vegas, Nevada during the 1930s. He owned a popular clothing store on Fremont Street, which he sold to Nate Mack in the late 1930s or 1940s.
Marschall, John P. Jews in Nevada a History. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2008.
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Morgan Mills was born in Grand Junction, Colorado on July 27, 1914. He later moved to California, where he worked as an electrical engineer and was involved in the Boulder (Hoover) Dam project in Las Vegas, Nevada. He passed away on March 20, 1982 in Los Angeles, California.
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