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Morris Chalfen was born on 3 June, 1907, is an A 20th-century American Jews. Discover Morris Chalfen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

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Age 72 years old
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Born 3 June 1907
Birthday 3 June
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Date of death 4 November, 1979
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His wife is Marty Collins (predeceased) Beverly Nesler

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1907

Morris Chalfen (June 3, 1907 – November 4, 1979) was an international impresario and sports entertainment executive.

He founded the Holiday On Ice show, and later purchased and relocated a near-extinct National Basketball League (NBL) franchise which became the Los Angeles Lakers.

Chalfen was born in Minneapolis.

He founded a bowling alley and a billiards parlor called Lincoln Recreation.

1935

In 1935, he founded and produced a roller‐skating show called Skating Vanties which toured nationally for a decade.

1940

In the late 1940s, impresario Morris Chalfen took "Holiday On Ice" to Mexico, Cuba, and Latin America, followed by an eight-month tour of Europe in 1950.

Electric current was different from country to country, as were languages and currencies, and transportation costs were higher.

But audiences were recovering from the devastation of World War II and hungry for the glamour, thrill, athleticism, and grandeur of his American ice show spectacle.

And ice shows knew no language barrier.

Having invented the ability to create a portable ice rink, Chalfen's Holiday on Ice could set up anywhere in the world and perform independent of permanent standing ice rink facilities.

As a result, Chalfen became the only international American ice show, the first to play behind the Iron Curtain (during the Cold War), China, and around the globe.

International elite and world leaders flocked to the American production wherever they played, including Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Princess Grace and Prince Rainier of Monaco; King Constantine of Greece; King Carlos and Queen Sophia of Spain; the King of Thailand; and Diana, Princess of Wales.

1945

In 1945, he joined fellow impresario Emery Gilbert of Milwaukee – who was producing ice skating shows at local hotels – and joined him in producing a larger ice show called Holiday on Ice in arenas.

1947

The Lakers began in 1947 when Ben Berger and Morris Chalfen bought the Detroit Gems of the National Basketball League for $15,000 and relocated it to Minneapolis and renamed it the Lakers.

They hired a general manager, Max Winter, and a coach, John Kundla, then began the hunt for players.

As the Gems had by far the worst record in the NBL, the Lakers had the first pick in the 1947 dispersal draft of players from the Professional Basketball League of America, which they used to select George Mikan, later to become the greatest center of his time.

With Mikan, new coach John Kundla and an infusion of former University of Minnesota players, the Lakers won the NBL championship in that 1947-48 season and joined four other NBL teams in jumping to the Basketball Association of America, where they promptly won the 1948-49 BAA championship.

1949

The NBL and BAA merged to become the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1949.

1957

In 1957, he and Berger sold the team to Bob Short.

Three years later the team moved to Los Angeles.

1958

Even Elvis Presley attended a performance at the height of his fame, in 1958 in Germany while serving with the U.S. military.

1960

In 1960, Chalfen's wife Marty Collins Chalfen and three children were killed in the crash of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710.

1965

In 1965, he sold 80% of Holiday on Ice to The Madison Square Garden Company.

1979

Chalfen himself died at the age of 72 in 1979.

He was survived by his second wife, Beverly Nesler; and two sons, Richard and John.

Services were held at Temple Israel in Minneapolis.