# Walt Singer

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**Walter Wallace Singer** (December 6, 1911 – February 5, 1992) was an American college football player at [Syracuse University](/source/Syracuse_University), and a professional football player in the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) for the [New York Giants](/source/New_York_Giants).[1] He was also a sub-novice Intercollegiate boxing [heavyweight](/source/Heavyweight) champion, and hit a pivotal [home run](/source/Home_run) in the 1943 [North African World Series](/source/North_African_World_Series) to lead the Casablanca Yankees to victory over the Algiers Street Walkers.

## Early years

Singer was born in [Jersey City, New Jersey](/source/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey), on December 6, 1911, and was Jewish.[1][2] He had an identical twin brother, Milton.[2][3]

Singer attended [William L. Dickinson High School](/source/William_L._Dickinson_High_School) in Jersey City.[4] In 1930 he (as an [end](/source/End_(American_football)), and achieving First-Team All-State football honors) and his brother (at [running back](/source/Running_back), and achieving honorable mention for All-State football player honors) led the Dickinson football team to a 9–0 record as it became the second-ever [Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association](/source/Hudson_County_Interscholastic_Athletic_Association) champion.[5][6] He also played baseball for the high school team, as a [catcher](/source/Catcher), alongside his brother, who was an All-State [first baseman](/source/First_baseman).[6]

## College

Singer attended Syracuse University, where he was a member of the [Sigma Alpha Mu](/source/Sigma_Alpha_Mu) fraternity.[1][7] He played end for the [Syracuse Orangemen](/source/Syracuse_Orangemen) football team for three seasons, from 1932 to 1934, alongside his brother, who was the team's starting [center](/source/Center_(gridiron_football)).[2][6] In 1933 Singer received the AP All-East honorable mention.[2] In 1934 he was named First Team by the [Jewish Telegraphic Agency](/source/Jewish_Telegraphic_Agency), at left end. His brother Milton, at center, was also named First Team.[8]

He and his brother also played baseball for Syracuse in 1933.[2] Additionally, he boxed, winning the sub-novice Intercollegiate boxing [heavyweight](/source/Heavyweight) championship in 1933. He quit that sport on the insistence of his football coach.[3][9][10]

## NFL

Singer played offensive end and defensive end for the New York Giants in the NFL in 1935 – the year that the Giants won the [NFL East](/source/Eastern_and_Western_Conferences_(NFL)_1933%E2%80%9369) – and in 1936.[1][2][11] He then went to the Jersey City Giants football team as [player-coach](/source/Player-coach), until he was drafted during World War II. In 1936 he also served as the athletic director of the Jersey City Community Center.[3][12]

## World War II

As a [private](/source/Private_(rank)) in the US Army, Singer tried out at [Fort Dix](/source/Fort_Dix), New Jersey, for the [44th Infantry Division](/source/44th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)) baseball team in April 1941.[13] In April 1943, he was a [lieutenant](/source/Lieutenant) stationed in Africa.[14] He played in the North African World Series, a best two-out-of-three-game baseball championship played on October 3 and 4, 1943 in [Algiers, Algeria](/source/Algiers,_Algeria), between the Casablanca Yankees and the Algiers Streetwalkers, drawn from the ranks of American soldiers and sailors stationed in North Africa during World War II.[15][16] Singer, the only officer in the games,[15] was the manager and first baseman for Casablanca. He hit a pivotal home run in the second game of the series – the only home run in the games – to carry the Casablanca Yankees to victory over the Algiers Street Walkers.[15][17] Singer ultimately reached the rank of [major](/source/Major_(rank)).[6]

## Death and legacy

Singer died on February 5, 1992, at the age of 80.

In 1999, Singer received *[The Star Ledger](/source/The_Star_Ledger)'*s All-New Jersey 1930's honorable mention (high school).[2] In 2000, he was inducted into the Hudson County Sports Hall of Fame.[6]

## References

1. ["Walt Singer NFL Football Statistics"](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SingWa20.htm). Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 7, 2013.

1. ["Singer, Walt"](http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=football&ID=235). Jewsinsports.org. Retrieved November 7, 2013.

1. ["Football Scores"](https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/44923832/). Abilene Reporter-News. September 11, 1942. Retrieved November 7, 2013.

1. ["Walt Singer Past Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131203030516/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SINGEWAL01). databaseFootball.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SINGEWAL01) on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.

1. Jim Hague (October 14, 2007). ["Moments of Gridiron Greatness; The history of football in Jersey City"](http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/2413848/article-Moments-of-Gridiron-Greatness-The-history-of-football-in-Jersey-City). Hudson Reporter. Retrieved November 7, 2013.

1. ["Milton Singer – Class of 2000"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131202230025/http://hudsoncountysportshalloffame.org/_2000/2000_singermilton.html). Hudson County Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from [the original](http://hudsoncountysportshalloffame.org/_2000/2000_singermilton.html) on December 2, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2013.

1. ["Class of 1935, Page 194"](http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/Syracuse_University_Onondagan_Yearbook/1935/Page_194.html). Syracuse University – Onondagan Yearbook (Syracuse, NY). Retrieved November 7, 2013.

1. ["The First Team"](https://www.jta.org/1934/11/27/archive/the-first-team). Jewish Telegraphic Agency. November 27, 1934. Retrieved November 7, 2013.

1. ["Tony Balash to Box for Orange"](http://fultonhistory.com/newspaper%202/Auburn%20NY%20Citizen%20Advertiser/Auburn%20NY%20Citizen%20Advertiser%201933.pdf/Newspaper%20Auburn%20NY%20Citizen%20Advertiser%201933%20-%203172.PDF). Auburn Citizen. February 7, 1933. Retrieved November 8, 2013.

1. ["Herman Is Favored to Beat Nelson; Watch Novices Show Boxing Skill; Singer Cody Davis and Home Capture Campus Title"](http://newspaperarchive.com/syracuse-herald/1932-12-18/page-13). Syracuse Herald. December 18, 1932. Retrieved November 8, 2013.

1. Joseph S. Page (2010). [*Pro Football Championships Before the Super Bowl: A Year-by-Year History, 1926–1965*](https://books.google.com/books?id=jysqjoco9rsC&q=%22walter+singer%22+nfl&pg=PA33). McFarland. ISBN 978-0786457854. Retrieved November 7, 2013.

1. ["Strictly Confidential"](http://www.ohiomemory.org/cdm/ref/collection/ojc/id/7015). Ohio Jewish Chronicle. April 10, 1936. Retrieved November 7, 2013.

1. ["Timeline 1941"](http://www.baseballinwartime.com/timeline/timeline_1941.htm). Baseball in Wartime. October 1, 1940. Retrieved November 7, 2013.

1. ["In the Wake Of the News"](https://archive.today/20130830081252/http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/10347616/). The Salt Lake Tribune. May 16, 1943. Archived from [the original](http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/10347616/) on August 30, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.

1. ["The Yankees" Win North Africa, Too"](https://archive.today/20131107204640/http://www.elmira-ny.com/radio/Yank431105-pg19.pdf). Archived from [the original](http://www.elmira-ny.com/radio/Yank431105-pg19.pdf) on November 7, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.

1. Wanda Ellen Wakefield (1997). [*Playing to Win: Sports and the American Military, 1898–1945*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Bn72ufQc9KAC&q=%22Casablanca+Yankees%22&pg=PA88). SUNY Press. ISBN 9780791433140. Retrieved November 7, 2013.

1. ["Service Dept."](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LzRdAAAAIBAJ&pg=2105,4522511&dq=walt-singer+boxing&hl=en). Lawrence Journal-World. November 18, 1943. Retrieved November 7, 2013.

## External links

- [databasefootball.com bio](https://web.archive.org/web/20131203030516/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SINGEWAL01)

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