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J E W I S H S P O R T S LE G E N D S J E W I S H S P O R T S L E G E N D S The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Fifth Edition Joseph Siegman Foreword by Mark Spitz University of Nebraska Press | Lincoln © 2020 by Joseph Siegman. All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Siegman, Joseph, author. Title: Jewish sports legends: the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame / Joseph Siegman. Description: Fifth edition. | Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, [2020] | Summary: “In photos and short biographies, Jewish Sports Legends introduces famous, and not so famous, Jewish sports greats throughout history” — Provided by publisher. Identifiers: lccn 2019045331 isbn 9781496201881 (paperback) isbn 9781496222121 (pdf) Subjects: lcsh: Jewish athletes— Biography. | International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Classification: lcc gv697.a1 s4797 2020 | ddc 796.0922 [B]— dc23 lc record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019045331 Set in Minion Pro by A. Shahan. To Sam and Ellen Sporn and Syd Kronenthal, who have so generously supported the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame CONTENTS Foreword by Mark Spitz xv BAsketBAll Preface xvii Arnold “Red” Auerbach, United States 20 Acknowledgments xxi Sam Balter, United States 20 Prologue: Muscular Judaism, by Uriel Simri xxiii Louis Bender, United States 21 Senda Berenson, United States 22 Auto RAcing Harry Boykoff, United States 22 Kenny Bernstein, United States 1 Tal Brody, Israel 23 Mauri Rose, United States 1 Lawrence Brown, United States 24 Jody Scheckter, South Africa 2 William Davidson, United States 25 Sheila Van Damm, Great Britain 2 Max Friedman, United States 26 Harry Glickman, United States 27 BAseBAll Julius Goldman, Canada 28 Morris “Moe” Berg, United States 4 Alexander Gomelsky, Soviet Union 28 Harry “the Horse” Danning, United States 5 Edward Gottlieb, United States 29 Barney Dreyfuss, United States 6 Baruch Hagai, Israel 30 Sidney Gordon, United States 7 Lester Harrison, United States 30 Shawn Green, United States 7 Nat Holman, United States 31 Henry Benjamin “Hank” Greenberg, William “Red” Holzman, United States 32 United States 8 Rudy LaRusso, United States 32 Kenneth Holtzman, United States 10 Harry Litwack, United States 33 Sanford “Sandy” Koufax, United States 10 1935– 36 Long Island University Mike Lieberthal, United States 11 Basketball Team, United States 33 Marvin Miller, United States 12 Donna Geils Orender, United States 34 Charles “Buddy” Myer, United States 12 Orna Ostfeld, Israel 35 Lipman “Lip” Pike, United States 13 Philadelphia sphas, United States 35 Jimmie Reese (James Hymie Solomon), Maurice Podoloff, United States 37 United States 14 Leonard Rosenbluth, United States 38 Al “Flip” Rosen, United States 14 Mendy Rudolph, United States 39 Al Schacht, United States 15 Abe Saperstein, United States 40 Allan “Bud” Selig, United States 16 Adolph Schayes, United States 40 Harry Simmons, United States 17 Barney Sedran (Sedransky), United States 41 Steve Stone, United States 18 Morris “Moe” Spahn, United States 42 Albert Von Tilzer, United States 19 David Stern, United States 43 Kevin Youkilis, United States 19 Earl Strom, United States 44 vii viii CONTENTS Sidney Tanenbaum, United States 44 Ben Jeby, United States 63 David “Pep” Tobey, United States 44 Louis “Kid” Kaplan, United States 64 Max Zaslofsky, United States 45 Solly Krieger, United States 64 Benny Leonard (Benjamin Leiner), BilliARds United States 65 Battling Levinsky (Barney Lebrowitz), Michael Sigel, United States 46 United States 65 Harry Lewis (Besterman), United States 66 Bowling Ted “Kid” Lewis (Gershon Mendeloff), John M. Brunswick, United States 47 Great Britain 67 Marshall Holman, United States 48 Al McCoy (Rudolph), United States 68 Mortimer Lindsey, United States 48 Daniel Mendoza, Great Britain 68 Mark Roth, United States 49 Samuel Mosberg, United States 69 Louis Stein, United States 49 Bob Olin, United States 70 Sylvia Wene (Martin), United States 50 Victor “Young” Perez, Tunisia 70 Charley Phil Rosenberg (Charles Green), Boxing United States 70 Ray Arcel, United States 51 Max “Slapsie Maxie” Rosenbloom, United States 72 Abe Attell, United States 51 Barney Ross (Beryl David Rosofsky), Monte Attell, United States 52 United States 72 Maximilian Baer, United States 53 Isadore “Corporal Izzy” Schwartz, Benny Bass, United States 53 United States 73 Jackie “Kid” Berg (Judah Bergman), Eric Seelig, Germany 74 Great Britain 54 Al Singer, United States 74 Samuel Berger, United States 54 Jack Solomons, Great Britain 75 Jack Bernstein (John Dodick), United States 55 Lew Tendler, United States 76 Morris “Whitey” Bimstein, United States 55 Gyula Török, Hungary 77 Joe Choynski (“Chrysanthemum Joe”), Irving Ungerman, Canada 77 United States 56 Matt Wells, Great Britain 78 Robert Cohen, France (Algeria) 57 Young Dutch Sam (Samuel Elias), Dutch Sam (Samuel Elias), Great Britain 57 Great Britain 78 Leone Efrati, Italy 58 Jackie Fields (Jacob Finkelstein), United States 58 cAnoeing Charley Goldman, United States 59 Laszlo Fabian, Hungary 79 Abe Goldstein, United States 60 Myriam Fox- Jerusalmi, France 79 Reuven “Ruby” Goldstein, United States 60 Leonid Geishtor, Russia 79 Alphonse Halimi, France (Algeria) 61 Joe Jacobi, United States 80 Harry Harris, United States 62 Leon Rottman, Romania 81 Michael Jacobs, United States 62 CONTENTS ix contRiButoRs Fencing Jehoshua Alouf (Wolpiansky), Palestine/ Albert Axelrod, United States 101 Israel 82 Daniel Bukantz, United States 101 Robert Atlasz, Germany and Israel 82 Jeno Fuchs, Hungary 102 Baruch Bagg, Palestine/Israel 83 Tamas Gabor, Hungary 102 Richard Blum, Germany 83 Janos Garay, Hungary 103 Alfred Brull, Hungary 83 Oszkar Gerde, Hungary 103 Haskell Cohen, United States 84 Sandor Gombos, Hungary 104 Lajos Domeny- Deutsch, Hungary 84 Sada Jacobson, United States 104 Pierre Gildesgame, Great Britain 85 Allan Jay, Great Britain 105 Emmanuel Gill (Glickman), Palestine/Israel 85 Endre Kabos, Hungary 105 Chaim Glovinsky, Palestine/Israel 86 Grigori Kriss, Soviet Union 106 Arthur Abraham Gold, Great Britain 86 Alexandre Lippmann, France 106 Kenneth Gradon (Gradenwitz), Great Britain 86 Mark Midler, Soviet Union 107 Ludwig “Poppa” Guttmann, Germany Armand Mouyal, France 107 and Great Britain 87 Ivan Osiier, Denmark 108 Arthur Hanak, Israel 88 Attila Petschauer, Hungary 109 Joseph Inbar (Burstein), Palestine/Israel 88 Julia Jones- Pugliese, United States 109 Ferenc Kemeny (Kaufmann), Hungary 89 Mark Rakita, Soviet Union 110 Herman Lellewer, Germany 89 Sergei Sharikov, Soviet Union/Russia 111 Ferenc Mezo (Grunfeld), Hungary 90 David Tyshler, Soviet Union 111 Zvi Nishri (Orloff), Palestine/Israel 90 Eduard Vinokurov, Soviet Union/Kazakh SSR 112 Charles Ornstein, United States 91 Lajos Werkner, Hungary 112 Emmanuel Simon, Palestine/Israel 92 Uriel Simri, Palestine/Israel 92 Field Hockey Artur Takac, Yugoslavia 93 Carina Benninga, Netherlands 113 Chaim Wein, Palestine/Israel 94 Joseph Yekutieli, Israel 95 FiguRe skA ting– ice dAncing Aviezer Yellin, Israel 95 Ilia Averbukh, Russia 114 Paul Ziffren, United States 95 Ellen Burka, Canada 114 Harold O. Zimman, United States 96 Petra Burka, Canada 115 Alain Calmat, France 115 cRicket Sasha Cohen, United States 116 Aron “Ali” Bacher, South Africa 98 Sarah Hughes, United States 116 Gennadi Karponosov, Soviet Union 117 equestRiAn Lili Kronberger, Hungary 118 Margie Goldstein- Engle, United States 99 Emilia Rotter, Hungary 118 Robert Dover, United States 99 Louis Rubenstein, Canada 119

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