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Show Death Closes Career Of Sammy Oliver Samuel J. (Sammy) Oliver, a familiar figure in the Utah aporu scene for almost 20 years, died Sunday at 5:15 p.m. of an internal hemorrhage. He wai 37 yeara old. Beat known in recent yeara for , hii aceompllihmenta aa a baseball ' pitcher, he waa still doing hii I stints on the ' mound during the past year playing for semi pro dubs. The high point of his career came about five years a 70- when he tossed a no-hit, no-run game, ambition am-bition of every baseball pitcher. He started his athletic career at Murray high school and waa an all-state guard on that school's championship basketball team of 1932. He also played football and was on the track team. Sammy was on the CYO team in 1935 that went from Utah back to the national na-tional tournament in Chicago. After high school, he played baseball base-ball every summer, starring for such teams as Pinney Beverage. Green Cab, Royal Baking. Gemmel 'club, Magna, D1RGW and Provo. The genial athlete was never too busy to help out the kids, spending a lot of time in the "sand lots" showing youngsters how It should be done. He was vice president of the Murray Junior Chamber of Commerce Com-merce when ft waa organized In 1945. He resided at 217 Hampton Hamp-ton ave. Sammy was born April 12. 1912. In Murray, a son of Samuel and Victoria Piccalo Oliver, and later attended the Murray schools. On June 28. 1937, he married Hazel Cheney In Salt Lake City. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Surviving are his widow, his fa-,-Uiex.a son and a daughter, Stephen, and JoAnn Oliver; seven brothers, Joseph, Johnny, Frank and Lewis Oliver, all of Salt Lake City; Tommy, Chick and LeRoy Oliver, Murray, and three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Poulsen, Murray; Mrs. Katherlne Oliver and Mrs. Elft Hutchinson, Salt Lake City. |