Sid Hartman

Journalist

Sid Hartman was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States on March 15th, 1920 and is the Journalist. At the age of 100, Sid Hartman biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
March 15, 1920
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Death Date
Oct 18, 2020 (age 100)
Zodiac Sign
Pisces
Profession
Journalist
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Barbara Balfour, ​ ​(m. 1964; div. 1972)​
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Sid Hartman Life

Sid Hartman (born March 15, 1920) is an American sports journalist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the WCCO 830 AM radio station.

He served as a panelist on the weekly television show "Sports Show with Mike Max," which aired on WUCW 23 in the Twin Cities metro area, for 20 years.

Early life

Hartman was born on March 15, 1920 at Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He grew up in a Jewish family in north Minneapolis. Jack Hechtman, his father, was born in Russia and emigrated to the United States at age 16, changing his name to Hartman as he arrived. Celia Weinberg, Sid Hartman's mother, immigrated to the United States from Latvia at the age of nine. Both his parents died in 1972.

Jack Hartman could neither read nor write and suffered from alcoholism. He made his living by operating a delivery truck, mainly for furniture delivery. Celia Hartman owned an apparel store on the north side of Minneapolis and was also responsible for Jack Hartman's bookkeeping. The family moved often, first at a home on Aldrich Avenue, then to a home on Humboldt Avenue, and then on Irving Avenue's 700 block.

Hartman attended Talmud Torah Jewish School from age 10 to 14, before enroling at Minneapolis North High School. At the age of nine, he began selling newspapers. He invented newspaper boxes as a child, where customers would pay for newspapers on the honor system by leaving coins in a change box.

Hartman attended Minneapolis North High School but dropped out of his junior year after being awarded a lucrative news job for his publication of the Minneapolis Tribune. When the Des Moines newspaper magnate John Cowles Sr. purchased the Tribune Company in 1941, he lost his Tribune news job. Hartman became a vacuum salesman for a brief period, but the job wasn't right for him. Hartman confessed to being "the world's worst vacuum cleaner salesman." Hartman attempted to enlist in the United States military after Pearl Harbor but was turned down due to his asthma.

Hartman took a major departure from Louie Mohs, the Minneapolis Times' circulation manager, in the early 1940s. The Times news ran for downtown Minneapolis, which paid well and kept Hartman out of the vacancy market, which was not a success. When Mohs recommended him to Times sports editor and columnist Dick Cullum, who was searching for a sports desk intern in 1944, Hartman received an even bigger break. Hartman was hired by Cullum, marking the start of a 75-year career in sports writing.

Hartman, a 27-year-old boy from 1947, became the Minneapolis Lakers' acting general manager. Hartman was instrumental in the creation of the NBA's first dynasty.

Personal life

Hartman's name was one of tens of thousands on Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff's client list. It is not clear how much money, if any, Hartman lost with Madoff after the $50 billion scam was revealed late in 2008.

In 1964, Hartman married Barbara Balfour. They divorced in 1972 after separating in 1972. Chad Hartman's son has also appeared on WCCO, as Chad Hartman's son. Chris Schmitt was also an adopted child. Hartman referred to Bud Grant, the former Vikings coach and frequent radio guest who had met him since 1945 as his "close personal friend." In 1994, he was also the one who inducted Grant into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Hartman was hospitalized in Minneapolis in December 2016 after falling and breaking his right hip. The following day, he underwent surgery to repair his hip. Hartman also revealed that his columns would be on hold as a result. On January 13, 2017, he returned to work after attending P. J. Fleck's first-coming football coach.

In March 2020, Hartman will have turned 100. By this time, he had 21,149 bylines. Rod Carew of the Minnesota Twins described Hartman as his "buddy" and "the only one that I trusted while [in Minnesota] so I could talk to and not worry about it." Fran Tarkenton, a Minnesota Vikings Hall of Fame quarterback, referred to Hartman as his "most trusted, forthcoming journalist, and sports journalist that I've ever met."

During the time he was gearing up for his 2007 Super Bowl XLI halftime show appearance, Hartman met with renowned local musician Prince.

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