Career
He competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. As a Jew, he had some hesitation about playing in the Olympics hosted by Hitler"s Germany, but was persuaded when he was assured by Avery Brundage that there would be no Nazi propaganda at the games. Before the Olympics, Balter played college basketball at University of California, Los Angeles and for an amateur basketball team sponsored by Universal Pictures.
Balter later turned his celebrity into a career as a Los Angeles sportscaster beginning his career on radio before moving into television
Balter was the broadcast announcer for the Los Angeles Stars of the American Basketball Association before the American Bar Association-National Basketball Association merger. He also appeared in a number of movies and television shows, always portraying a radio announcer or sportscaster.