Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder

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Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder was a prominent American sports commentator and oddsmaker best known for popularizing sports betting analysis on national television.

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instanceOf odds maker
person
sports commentator
television personality
activeYearsEnd 1980s
activeYearsStart 1940s
appearedIn The NFL Today
burialPlace Union Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio, United States
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1918-09-09
dateOfDeath 1996-04-21
employer CBS Sports
ethnicGroup Greek American
familyName Synodinos
fieldOfWork American football broadcasting
sports betting
fullName Dimetrios Georgios Synodinos
gender male
genre sports broadcasting
givenName Demetrios
surface form: Dimetrios
heritage Greek
knownFor point spread predictions on NFL games
languageSpoken English
Greek
medium television
nationality American
nickname Jimmy the Greek
notableEvent fired by CBS in 1988 after controversial remarks about African American athletes
notableFor popularizing sports betting analysis on national television
role as an oddsmaker on CBS's The NFL Today
notableWork The NFL Today
surface form: NFL Today
numberOfChildren 3
occupation gambler
oddsmaker
sports commentator
television personality
placeOfBirth Steubenville, Ohio
surface form: Steubenville, Ohio, United States
placeOfDeath Las Vegas, Nevada
surface form: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
religion Greek Orthodox Church
residence Las Vegas, Nevada
surface form: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States

Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
spouse Joan Snyder
workedIn Las Vegas gambling industry

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