Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1925, Sidney Tillim grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, where, as a young teenager, he twice won the Tidewater Marbles Championship (1938, 1939).
Geboren 1925 in Brooklyn, New York, wuchs Sidney Tillim in Norfolk (Virginia), auf, wo er als junger Teenager zweimal die Tidewater Marbles Championship (1938, 1939) gewann.