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1960 Dewitt Clinton High School
Bronx New York
Clintonian Yearbook
139 Pages
Hardcover
Gary Gubner Olympian Weightlifter Shot Putter, Discus Thrower
Danny Schechter American television producer, independent filmmaker, blogger, and media critic
Gary Gubner
Gary Jay Gubner (December 1, 1942 – May 25, 2024) was an American heavyweight weightlifter, shot putter and discus thrower. He had his best results in weightlifting, winning two world championship medals in 1962 and 1965 and placing fourth at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He also attempted to qualify for the 1964 Olympics in throwing events, and finished fifth in the shot put at the U.S. Olympic trials. Gubner set several shot put records, including a 53-foot throw with a 16-lb. ball when he was 16, and three world indoor records in 1962. His best result of 19.80 m placed him second in the 1962 world ranking.
Gary Gubner
Born
December 1, 1942
New York, New York, U.S.
Died
May 25, 2024 (aged 81)
Height
188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight
120 kg (265 shot put, discus throw
Club
Grand Street Boys' Club
Achievements and titles
Personal best
SP – 19.80 m (1962)
Medal record
Representing the United States
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1962 Budapest Weightlifting, +90 kg
Silver medal – second place 1965 Tehran Weightlifting, +90 kg
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal – first place 1961 Israel Weightlifting
Gold medal – first place 1961 Israel Shot put
Gold medal – first place 1961 Israel Discus
Representing the NYU Violets track and field team, Gubner won the 1963 and 1964 NCAA University Division Track and Field Championships in the shot put.
Gubner won gold medals at the 1961 Maccabiah Games in Israel in heavyweight weightlifting, shotput, and discus. He won the shot put with a 60-foot, 1-1/4 inch (18.32 meter) throw.
Inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, Gubner has also been recognized by the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in its 2000 book Jewish Sports Legends.
Danny Schechter
Daniel Isaac Schechter (June 27, 1942 – March 19, 2015) was an American television producer, independent filmmaker, blogger, and media critic. He wrote and spoke about many issues including apartheid, civil rights, economics, foreign policy, journalistic control and ethics, and medicine. While attending the London School of Economics in the 1960s, Schechter became an anti-apartheid activist and made trips to South Africa on behalf of the African National Congress (ANC). Later he would help musician Steven Van Zandt assemble other performers to form Artists United Against Apartheid, who released the album Sun City in 1985. Schechter produced and directed six nonfiction films about Nelson Mandela from the time Mandela was a political prisoner to his election and service as President of South Africa.
Danny Schechter
Born
Daniel Isaac Schechter
June 27, 1942
New York City, U.S.
Died
March 19, 2015 (aged 72)
New York City, U.S.
Alma mater
Cornell University (B.A.)
London School of Economics producerfilmmakermedia National Congress, Artists United Against Apartheid
Movement
Northern Student Movement, Schechter
Awards
see awards and honors
Schechter's first job in media was with WBCN in Boston, during the 1970s where he became known as "Danny Schechter, the news dissector", a nickname that stuck throughout his life. He continued to work in media with ABC and the start-up cable television news station CNN until he abandoned corporate media and founded TV and film production company Globalvision[1] with his friend and longtime associate Rory O'Connor. Globalvision produced South Africa Now which was a television show that focused on the anti-apartheid struggle and news and culture from South Africa. He authored over 14 books.
