Jewish Sports Legends : The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame,9781574882841

Jewish Sports Legends : The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame

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Edition: 3rd
ISBN13: 9781574882841
ISBN10: 1574882848
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-11-01
Publisher(s): Potomac Books Inc
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Summary

Illuminates the lives and unforgettable accomplishments of Jews in virtually every major sport played worldwide.

Table of Contents

Foreword iii
Mark Spitz
Preface v
Joseph Siegman
Acknowledgments ix
Jews in the World of Sports: A Historical View
1(8)
Dr. Uriel Simri
THE HALL OF FAME 9(218)
AUTO RACING
Jody Sheckter, South Africa
9(1)
BASEBALL
Harry ``The Horse'' Danning, United States
10(1)
Barney Dreyfuss, United States
10(1)
Henry Benjamin ``Hank'' Greenberg, United States
11(3)
Kenneth Holtzman, United States
14(1)
Sanford ``Sandy'' Koufax, United States
14(2)
Charles ``Buddy'' Myer, United States
16(1)
Lipman ``Lip'' Pike, United States
17(1)
Al ``Flip'' Rosen, United States
18(1)
BASKETBALL
Arnold ``Red'' Auerbach, United States
19(1)
Sam Balter, United States
19(1)
Senda Berenson, United States
20(1)
Tal Brody, Israel
21(1)
Lawrence ``Larry'' Brown, United States
22(2)
Max Friedman, United States
24(1)
Alexander ``Sascha'' Gomelsky, Soviet Union
24(2)
Edward ``Eddie'' Gottlieb, United States
26(1)
Nat Holman, United States
26(2)
William ``Red'' Holzman, United States
28(1)
Harry Litwack, United States
29(1)
Philadelphia SPHAs, United States
30(2)
Maurice Podoloff, United States
32(1)
Mendy Rudolph, United States
33(1)
Abe Saperstein, United States
33(2)
Adolph ``Dolph'' Schayes, United States
35(1)
Barney Sedran, United States
36(1)
Morris ``Moe'' Spahn, United States
37(1)
David Stern, United States
38(1)
Sidney Tannenbaum, United States
39(1)
David ``Pep'' Tobey United States
39(1)
Max Zaslofsky, United States
39(2)
BOWLING
Mortimer ``Mort'' Lindsey, United States
41(1)
Mark Roth, United States
41(2)
Sylvia Wene Martin, United States
43(1)
BOXING
Ray Arcel, United States
44(2)
Abe Attell, United States
46(1)
Benny Bass, United States
46(1)
Jackie ``Kid'' Berg, Great Britain
47(1)
Samuel Berger, United States
48(1)
Jack Bernstein, United States
49(1)
Joe Choynski, United States
50(1)
Robert Cohen, France (Algeria)
51(1)
Jackie Fields, United States
52(1)
Israel ``Charley'' Goldman, United States
53(1)
Reuven ``Ruby'' Goldstein, United States
53(1)
Alphonse Halimi, France (Algeria)
54(1)
Harry Harris, United States
55(1)
Louis ``Kid'' Kaplan, United States
56(1)
Solly Krieger, United States
56(1)
Benny Leonard, United States
57(1)
Battling Levinsky, United States
58(1)
Ted ``Kid'' Lewis, Great Britain
58(1)
Al McCoy, United States
59(1)
Daniel Mendoza, Great Britain
60(1)
Samuel Mosberg, United States
61(1)
Victor ``Young'' Perez, Tunisia
62(1)
Charley Phil Rosenberg, United States
62(1)
Maxie ``Slapsie Maxie'' Rosenbloom, United States
62(2)
Barney Ross, United States
64(1)
Isadore ``Corporal Izzy'' Schwartz, United States
65(1)
Lew Tendler, United States
66(1)
CANOEING
Laszlo Fabian, Hungary
67(1)
Leon Rottman, Romania
68(1)
CONTRIBUTORS
Arthur Abraham Gold, Great Britain
69(1)
Sir Ludwig ``Poppa'' Guttmann, Germany and Great Britain
69(1)
Ferenc Mezo, Hungary
69(1)
Tzvi Nishri, Israel
70(1)
CRICKET
Aron ``Ali'' Bacher, South Africa
71(1)
FENCING
Albert Axelrod, United States
72(1)
Jeno Fuchs, Hungary
72(1)
Tamas Gabor, Hungary
72(1)
Janos Garay, Hungary
73(1)
Dr. Oszkar Gerde, Hungary
74(1)
Sandor Gombos, Hungary
74(1)
Johan Harmenberg, Sweden
75(1)
Allan Jay, Great Britain
75(1)
Endre Kabos, Hungary
76(1)
Grigori Kriss, Soviet Union
76(1)
Alexandre Lippmann, France
77(1)
Mark Midler, Soviet Union
77(1)
Armand Mouyal, France
78(1)
Ivan Osiier, Denmark
79(1)
Attila Petschauer, Hungary
79(2)
Mark Rakita, Soviet Union
81(1)
Lajos Werkner, Hungary
81(1)
FIELD HOCKEY
Carina Benninga, Netherlands
82(1)
FIGURE SKATING
Alain Calmat, France
83(1)
Gennadi Karponosov, Soviet Union
83(1)
Lili Kronberger, Hungary
84(1)
Emilia Rotter, Hungary
85(1)
Louis Rubenstein, Canada
85(1)
Laszlo Szollas, Hungary
86(1)
FOOTBALL
Joseph Alexander, United States
87(1)
Arthur ``Bluey'' Bluethenthal, United States
87(1)
Benny Friedman, United States
88(1)
Sid Gillman, United States
89(1)
Marshall ``Biggie'' Goldberg, United States
90(1)
Charles ``Buckets'' Goldenberg, United States
91(1)
Sigmund ``Sig'' Harris, United States
92(1)
Marv Levy, United States
93(1)
Benny Lom, United States
94(1)
Sidney ``Sid'' Luckman, United States
95(1)
Joseph Magidsohn, United States
96(1)
Ron Mix, United States
97(1)
Edward Newman, United States
97(1)
Harry Newman, United States
98(2)
GOLF
Amy Alcott, United States
100(1)
Herman Barron, United States
101(1)
GYMNASTICS
Alfred Flatow, Germany
102(1)
Gustav Felix Flatow, Germany
102(1)
Mitchell ``Mitch'' Gaylord, United States
103(1)
Maria Gorokhovskaya, Soviet Union
103(1)
Abie Grossfeld, United States
104(2)
George Gulack, United States
106(1)
Agnes Keleti, Hungary
107(1)
Kerri Strug, United States
108(1)
1928 Women's Olympic Champions, Netherlands
109(1)
HANDBALL
Victor ``Vic'' Hershkowitz, United States
110(1)
James ``Jimmy'' Jacobs, United States
111(1)
HORSE RACING
Walter Blum, United States
112(1)
William ``Willie'' Harmatz, United States
112(1)
Hirsch Jacobs, United States
113(1)
Walter Miller, United States
114(1)
Georges Stern, France
115(1)
ICE HOCKEY
Nikolay Epshtein, Soviet Union
116(1)
Cecil ``Cece'' Hart, Canada
116(1)
LACROSSE
Victor Ross, United States
117(1)
MEDIA
Jesse Abramson, United States
118(1)
Mel Allen, United States
118(1)
Simon ``Si'' Burick, United States
119(1)
Howard Cosell, United States
120(1)
Dan Daniel, United States
121(1)
Massimo Della Pergola, Italy
122(1)
Red Fisher, Canada
123(1)
Nat Fleischer, United States
123(1)
Martin ``Marty'' Glickman, United States
124(1)
Al Greenberg, United States
125(1)
Bud Greenspan, United States
126(1)
Gladys Heldman, United States
126(1)
Max Kase, United States
127(1)
A. J. Liebling, United States
128(1)
Willy Meisl, Germany and Great Britain
129(1)
Barney Nagler, United States
129(1)
Ben Olan, United States
130(1)
Murray Olderman, United States
130(1)
Shirley Lewis Povich, United States
131(1)
Ed Sabol, United States
132(1)
Bill Stern, United States
133(1)
Dr. Gyorgy Szepesi (Friedlander), Hungary
134(1)
Sam Taub, United States
135(1)
RACQUETBALL
Marty Hogan, United States
136(1)
ROWING
Allen Rosenberg, United States
137(1)
Donald Spero, United States
137(2)
RUGBY
Aaron ``Okey'' Geffin, South Africa
139(1)
Sydney Nomis, South Africa
140(1)
Wilf Rosenberg, South Africa
141(1)
SOCCER
Arthur Baar, Austria
142(1)
Bela Guttmann, Hungary
142(1)
Hakoah-Vienna Club, Austria
143(1)
Gyula Mandl, Hungary
143(1)
Hugo Meisl, Austria
144(1)
SOFTBALL
Harry ``Coon'' Rosen, United States
145(1)
SPEED SKATING
Irving Jaffee, United States
146(1)
SURFING
Shaun Tomson, South Africa
147(1)
SWIMMING
William Bachrach, United States
148(1)
Charlotte ``Eppy'' Epstein, United States
149(1)
Alfred Hajos-Guttmann, Hungary
150(1)
Otto Herschmann, Austria
151(1)
Alfred Nakache, France
151(1)
Paul Neumann, Austria and United States
152(1)
Marilyn Ramenofsky, United States
153(1)
Mark Spitz, United States
153(2)
Eva Szekely, Hungary
155(2)
TABLE TENNIS
Angelica Adelstein-Rozeanu, Romania
157(1)
Viktor Gyozo Barna, Hungary
157(1)
Laszlo Bellak, Hungary
158(1)
Richard Bergmann, Austria and Great Britain
159(1)
Traute Kleinova, Czechoslovakia
159(1)
Ivor Goldsmid Montagu, Great Britain
160(1)
Anna Sipos, Hungary
160(1)
Miklos Szabados, Hungary
161(1)
Leah Thall-Neuberger, United States
162(1)
TENNIS
Angela Buxton, Great Britain
163(1)
Pierre Darmon, France
163(1)
Herb Flam, United States
164(1)
Brian Gottfried, United States
164(1)
Julie Heldman, United States
165(2)
Umberto Louis de Morpurgo, Italy
167(1)
Daniel Prenn, Germany and Great Britain
167(1)
Richard ``Dick'' Savitt, United States
168(2)
TRACK AND FIELD
Harold Maurice Abrahams, Great Britain
170(1)
Gerald Ashworth, United States
171(1)
Lillian Copeland, United States
171(2)
Milton Green, United States
173(1)
Gary Gubner, United States
174(1)
Lilli Henoch, Germany
174(1)
Maria Leontyavna Itkina, Soviet Union
175(1)
Elias Katz, Finland
176(1)
Irena Kirszenstein-Szewinska, Poland
176(2)
Abel Kiviat, United States
178(1)
Henry Laskau, United States
178(1)
Fania Melnik, Soviet Union
179(1)
Laurence E. ``Lon'' Myers, United States
180(1)
Myer Prinstein, United States
180(2)
Fanny ``Bobbie'' Rosenfeld, Canada
182(1)
VOLLEYBALL
Doug Beal, United States
183(1)
Chagai Zamir, Israel
184(1)
WATER POLO
Istvan Barta, Hungary
185(1)
Gyorgy Brody, Hungary
185(1)
Bela Komjadi, Hungary
186(1)
Bela Rajki-Reich, Hungary
187(1)
Miklos Sarkany, Hungary
188(1)
WEIGHTLIFTING
Isaac ``Ike'' Berger, United States
189(1)
Ben Helfgott, Great Britain
189(1)
Edward Lawrence Levy, Great Britain
190(1)
Grigori Novak, Soviet Union
191(1)
Frank Spellman, United States
191(2)
WRESTLING
Boris Mendelovitch Gurevich, Soviet Union
193(1)
Boris Michail Gurevitch, Soviet Union
193(1)
Nikolaus ``Mickey'' Hirschl, Austria
193(1)
Karoly Karpati, Hungary
194(1)
Fred Oberlander, Canada and Europe
195(1)
Richard Weisz, Hungary
196(1)
Henry Wittenberg, United States
197(1)
YACHTING
Zephania Carmel and Lydia Lazarov, Israel
198(1)
Walentin Mankin, Soviet Union
199(2)
THE PILLAR OF ACHIEVEMENT
Jehoshua Alouf, Israel
201(1)
Robert Atlasz, Germany and Israel
201(1)
Baruch Bagg, Israel
202(1)
Morris ``Moe'' Berg, United States
202(1)
Gretel Bergmann, Germany
203(1)
Dr. Richard Blum, Israel
204(1)
Alfred Brull, Hungary
205(1)
John M. Brunswick, United States
205(1)
Daniel Bukantz, United States
206(1)
Haskell Cohen, United States
206(1)
Judith Deutsch, Austria
207(1)
Lajos Domeny-Deutsch, Hungary
207(1)
Leo Donath, Hungary
207(1)
Leone Efrati, Italy
208(1)
Ian Froman, South Africa
208(1)
Harry Getz, South Africa
209(1)
Pierre Gildesgame, Great Britain
209(1)
Emmanuel Gill, Israel
210(1)
Harry Glickman, United States
210(1)
Chaim Glovinsky, Israel
211(1)
Julius ``Goldie'' Goldman, Canada
211(1)
Arthur Hanak, Israel
211(1)
Lester Harrison, United States
212(1)
Col. Harry D. Henshel, United States
212(1)
Joseph Inbar, Israel
213(1)
Michael ``Mike'' Jacobs, United States
213(1)
Ferenc Kemeny, Hungary
214(1)
Kurt Lamm, United States
214(1)
Harold Landesberg, United States
215(1)
Fred Lebow, United States
215(1)
Dr. Herman Lellewer, Germany
215(1)
Dr. William Lippy, United States
216(1)
Marvin Miller, United States
216(1)
Charles Ornstein, United States
217(1)
Bernard Postal, United States
217(1)
Jimmy Reese, United States
218(1)
Fred Schmertz, United States
218(1)
Eric Seelig, Germany
219(1)
Jesse Silver, United States
219(1)
Roy Silver, United States
219(1)
Emmanuel Simon, Israel
220(1)
Dr. Uriel Simri, Israel
220(1)
Margalit Sonnenfeld, Israel
221(1)
Oscar State, Great Britain
221(1)
Louis Stein, United States
221(1)
Artur Takac, Yugoslavia
222(1)
Irving Ungerman, Canada
223(1)
Ben Weider, Canada
223(1)
Joe Weider, United States
223(1)
Chaim Wein, Israel
224(1)
Joseph Yekutieli, Israel
224(1)
Aviezer Yellin, Israel
225(1)
Paul Ziffren, United States
225(1)
Harold O. Zimman, United States
225(2)
The Lifetime Achievement Award 227(6)
About the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 233(12)
Appendix One: Jewish Olympic Medalists 245(12)
Dr. George Eisen
Appendix Two: Pillar of Fame 257(2)
Appendix Three: The Maccabiah Games 259(4)
Appendix Four: The Munich Eleven 263(2)
About the Author 265

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