Jewish Sports Legends

by Siegman, Joseph

• ISBN13: 9781574889512
• ISBN10: 1574889516
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-01
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc

Summary

Following the 1972 Olympics, a sportswriter referred to Mark Spitz, winner of seven gold medals, as "the first great Jewish athlete." He couldn't have been more wrong. As Jewish Sports Legends shows, Jews have excelled at athletics for centuries. This handsome volume illuminates the lives and unforgettable accomplishments of Jews in virtually every major sport played worldwide. Baseball stars Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg, basketball's Red Auerbach and Dolph Schayes, and football's Sid Luckman and Marv Levy are only a few outstanding examples. Did you know that-- A Jewish woman, New York stenographer Charlotte Epstein, is "the mother of American women's swimming?"- An ordained cantor, Ike Berger of the United States, once held twenty-three world and Olympic weightlifting records?- Jewish, Lithuanian-born Senda Berenson introduced women's basketball to America?- The NFL's New York Giants bought the entire 1928 Detroit Wolverine football team in order to acquire the contract of its All-Pro quarterback, Benny Friedman?- Jewish Olympic champions Agnes Keleti (gymnastics), Maria Gorokhovskaya (gymnastics), Dara Torres (swimming), and Irena Kirszenstein-Szewinska (track and field) have won a combined total of 33 Olympic medals?- South African rugby star Okey Geffin learned to play the game while a prisoner in a World War II German POW camp?- An eighteenth-century prizefighter, Daniel Mendoza of Great Britain, was the first of more than thirty Jewish boxers to be crowned world champion?Containing hundreds of photographs, Jewish Sports Legendsintroduces the famous, and not-so-famous Jewish sports greats throughout history. Also featuring great coaches, officials, journalists, and other significant contributors to the thrilling world of sports, it is a fabulous gift for all serious sports fans.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xvii
Mark Spitz
Preface	xix
Joseph Siegman
Acknowledgments	xxiii
Prologue: Jews in the World of Sports: A Historical View	xxvii
Dr. Uriel Simri
THE HALL OF FAME
Auto Racing
Jody Scheckter, South Africa	1	(1)
Baseball
Harry ``The Horse'' Danning, United States	2	(1)
Barney Dreyfuss, United States	3	(1)
Henry Benjamin ``Hank'' Greenberg, United States	3	(2)
Kenneth Holtzman, United States	5	(1)
Sanford ``Sandy'' Koufax, United States	6	(2)
Charles ``Buddy'' Myer, United States	8	(1)
Lipman ``Lip'' Pike, United States	9	(1)
Al ``Flip'' Rosen, United States	9	(1)
Steve Stone, United States	10	(2)
Basketball
Arnold ``Red'' Auerbach, United States	12	(1)
Sam Balter, United States	12	(1)
Senda Berenson, United States	13	(1)
Tal Brody, Israel	14	(1)
Lawrence ``Larry'' Brown, United States	15	(2)
Max ``Marty'' Friedman, United States	17	(1)
Aleksander ``Sascha'' Gomelsky, Soviet Union	18	(1)
Edward ``Eddie'' Gottlieb, United States	19	(1)
Nat Holman, United States	20	(2)
William ``Red'' Holzman, United States	22	(1)
Harry Litwack, United States	22	(1)
Philadelphia SPHAs, United States	23	(2)
Maurice Podoloff, United States	25	(1)
Leonard Rosenbluth, United States	26	(1)
Mendy Rudolph, United States	27	(1)
Abe Saperstein, United States	28	(1)
Adolph ``Dolph'' Schayes, United States	29	(1)
Barney Sedran, United States	30	(1)
Morris ``Moe'' Spahn, United States	31	(1)
David Stern, United States	32	(1)
Sidney Tanenbaum, United States	32	(1)
David ``Pep'' Tobey, United States	33	(1)
Max Zaslofsky, United States	34	(1)
Bowling
Mortimer ``Mort'' Lindsey, United States	35	(1)
Mark Roth, United States	35	(2)
Sylvia Wene Martin, United States	37	(1)
Boxing
Ray Arcel, United States	38	(1)
Abe Attell, United States	39	(1)
Benny Bass, United States	39	(1)
Jackie ``Kid'' Berg, Great Britain	40	(1)
Samuel Berger, United States	41	(1)
Jack Bernstein, United States	41	(1)
Joe Choynski, United States	42	(1)
Robert Cohen, France (Algeria)	43	(1)
Jackie Fields, United States	43	(1)
Israel ``Charley'' Goldman, United States	44	(1)
Reuven ``Ruby'' Goldstein, United States	45	(1)
Alphonse Halimi, France (Algeria)	46	(1)
Harry Harris, United States	47	(1)
Louis ``Kid'' Kaplan, United States	48	(1)
Solly Krieger, United States	48	(1)
Benny Leonard, United States	49	(1)
Battling Levinsky, United States	50	(1)
Harry Lewis, United States	50	(1)
Ted ``Kid'' Lewis, Great Britain	51	(1)
Al McCoy, United States	52	(1)
Daniel Mendoza, Great Britain	53	(1)
Samuel Mosberg, United States	54	(1)
Victor ``Young'' Perez, Tunisia	54	(1)
Charley Phil Rosenberg, United States	55	(1)
Maxie ``Slapsie Maxie'' Rosenbloom, United States	55	(2)
Barney Ross, United States	57	(1)
Isadore ``Corporal Izzy'' Schwartz, United States	58	(1)
Jack Solomons, Great Britain	59	(1)
Lew Tendler, United States	60	(1)
Canoeing
Laszlo Fabian, Hungary	61	(1)
Joe Jacobi, United States	61	(1)
Leon Rottman, Romania	62	(1)
Contributors
Arthur Abraham Gold, Great Britain	63	(1)
Sir Ludwig ``Poppa'' Guttmann, Germany and Great Britain	63	(1)
Ferenc Mezo, Hungary	64	(1)
Tzvi Nishri, Israel	64	(2)
Cricket
Aron ``Ali'' Bacher, South Africa	66	(1)
Fencing
Albert Axelrod, United States	67	(1)
Jeno Fuchs, Hungary	67	(1)
Tamas Gabor, Hungary	68	(1)
Janos Garay, Hungary	68	(1)
Dr. Oszkar Gerde, Hungary	69	(1)
Sandor Gombos, Hungary	69	(1)
Johan Harmenberg, Sweden	70	(1)
Allan Jay, Great Britain	71	(1)
Endre Kabos, Hungary	71	(1)
Grigori Kriss, Soviet Union	72	(1)
Alexandre Lippmann, France	73	(1)
Mark Midler, Soviet Union	73	(1)
Armand Mouyal, France	74	(1)
Ivan Osiier, Denmark	75	(1)
Attila Petschauer, Hungary	75	(1)
Mark Rakita, Soviet Union	76	(1)
Sergei Sharikov, Russia	77	(1)
Lajos Werkner, Hungary	78	(1)
Field Hockey
Carina Benninga, Netherlands	79	(1)
Figure Skating
Alain Calmat, France	80	(1)
Sarah Hughes, United States	80	(1)
Gennadi Karponosov, Soviet Union	81	(1)
Lili Kronberger, Hungary	82	(1)
Emilia Rotter, Hungary	83	(1)
Louis Rubenstein, Canada	83	(1)
Laszlo Szollas, Hungary	84	(1)
Football
Joseph Alexander, United States	85	(1)
Arthur ``Bluey'' Bluethenthal, United States	85	(1)
Benny Friedman, United States	86	(1)
Sid Gillman, United States	87	(1)
Marshall ``Biggie'' Goldberg, United States	88	(1)
Charles ``Buckets'' Goldenberg, United States	89	(1)
Sigmund ``Sig'' Harris, United States	90	(1)
Lew Hayman, Canada	91	(1)
Marv Levy, United States	92	(1)
Benny Lom, United States	93	(1)
Sidney ``Sid'' Luckman, United States	94	(1)
Joseph Magidsohn, United States	95	(1)
Ron Mix, United States	95	(1)
Edward Newman, United States	96	(1)
Harry Newman, United States	96	(3)
Golf
Amy Alcott, United States	99	(1)
Herman Barron, United States	99	(2)
Gymnastics
Alfred Flatow, Germany	101	(1)
Gustav Felix Flatow, Germany	101	(1)
Mitchell ``Mitch'' Gaylord, United States	102	(1)
Maria Gorokhovskaya, Soviet Union	102	(1)
Abie Grossfeld, United States	103	(1)
George Gulack, United States	104	(1)
Agnes Keleti, Hungary	105	(1)
Tatiana Lysenko, CIS/Russia	106	(1)
Yelena Shushunova, Soviet Union	107	(1)
Kerri Strug, United States	108	(1)
1928 Women's Olympic Champions, Netherlands	109	(2)
Handball
Victor ``Vic'' Hershkowitz, United States	111	(1)
James ``Jimmy'' Jacobs, United States	111	(2)
Horse Racing
Walter Blum, United States	113	(1)
William ``Willie'' Harmatz, United States	113	(1)
Hirsch Jacobs, United States	114	(1)
Walter Miller, United States	114	(1)
Georges Stern, France	115	(2)
Ice Hockey
Nikolay Epshtein, Soviet Union	117	(1)
Cecil ``Cece'' Hart, Canada	117	(2)
Lacrosse
Victor Ross, United States	119	(1)
Media
Jesse Abramson, United States	120	(1)
Mel Allen, United States	120	(1)
Simon ``Si'' Burick, United States	121	(1)
Howard Cosell, United States	122	(1)
Dan Daniel, United States	123	(1)
Massimo Della Pergola, Italy	124	(1)
Al Munro Elias, United States	125	(1)
Red Fisher, Canada	125	(1)
Nat Fleischer, United States	126	(1)
Martin ``Marty'' Glickman, United States	126	(2)
Al Greenberg, United States	128	(1)
Bud Greenspan, United States	128	(1)
Gladys Heldman, United States	129	(1)
Jerome Holtzman, United States	130	(1)
Hank Kaplan, United States	131	(1)
Max Kase, United States	131	(1)
A. J. Liebling, United States	132	(1)
Willy Meisl, Germany and Great Britain	133	(1)
Barney Nagler, United States	134	(1)
Ben Olan, United States	134	(1)
Murray Olderman, United States	135	(1)
Shirley Lewis Povich, United States	136	(1)
Ed Sabol, United States	137	(1)
Dick Schaap, United States	137	(2)
Bill Stern, United States	139	(1)
Dr. Gyorgy Szepesi (Friedlander), Hungary	139	(1)
Sam Taub, United States	140	(1)
Racquetball
Marty Hogan, United States	141	(1)
Rowing
Allen Rosenberg, United States	142	(1)
Donald Spero, United States	142	(2)
Rugby
Aaron ``Okey'' Geffin, South Africa	144	(1)
Sydney Nomis, South Africa	145	(1)
Wilf Rosenberg, South Africa	145	(2)
Sailing
Zephania Carmel and Lydia Lazarov, Israel	147	(1)
Gal Fridman, Israel	147	(1)
Walentin Mankin, Soviet Union	148	(1)
Soccer
Arthur Baar, Austria	149	(1)
Bela Guttmann, Hungary	149	(1)
Hakoah-Vienna Club, Austria	150	(1)
Gyula Mandl, Hungary	151	(1)
Hugo Meisl, Austria	152	(1)
Softball
Harry ``Coon'' Rosen, United States	153	(1)
Speed Skating
Irving Jaffee, United States	154	(1)
Surfing
Shaun Tomson, South Africa	155	(1)
Swimming
William Bachrach, United States	156	(1)
Charlotte ``Eppy'' Epstein, United States	157	(1)
Alfred Hajos-Guttmann, Hungary	158	(1)
Otto Herschmann, Austria	159	(1)
Lenny Krayzelburg, United States	160	(1)
Alfred Nakache, France	161	(1)
Paul Neumann, Austria and United States	162	(1)
Marilyn Ramenofsky, United States	162	(1)
Mark Spitz, United States	163	(1)
Eva Szekely, Hungary	164	(1)
Dara Torres, United States	165	(2)
Table Tennis
Angelica Adelstein-Rozeanu, Romania	167	(1)
Viktor Gyozo Barna, Hungary	167	(1)
Laszlo Bellak, Hungary	168	(1)
Richard Bergmann, Austria and Great Britain	169	(1)
Traute Kleinova, Czechoslovakia	169	(1)
Ivor Goldsmid Montagu, Great Britain	170	(1)
Anna Sipos, Hungary	171	(1)
Miklos Szabados, Hungary	171	(1)
Leah Thall-Neuberger, United States	172	(2)
Tennis
Angela Buxton, Great Britain	174	(1)
Pierre Darmon, France	174	(1)
Herb Flam, United States	175	(1)
Brian Gottfried, United States	176	(1)
Ladislav Hecht, Czechoslovakia	177	(1)
Julie Heldman, United States	177	(2)
Umberto Louis de Morpurgo, Italy	179	(1)
Tom Okker, Netherlands	180	(1)
Daniel Prenn, Germany and Great Britain	180	(1)
Richard ``Dick'' Savitt, United States	181	(1)
Harold Solomon, United States	182	(2)
Track and Field
Harold Maurice Abrahams, Great Britain	184	(1)
Gerald Ashworth, United States	185	(1)
Lillian Copeland, United States	186	(1)
Milton Green, United States	187	(1)
Gary Gubner, United States	188	(1)
Lilli Henoch, Germany	189	(1)
Maria Leontyavna Itkina, Soviet Union	189	(1)
Elias Katz, Finland	190	(1)
Irena Kirszenstein-Szewinska, Poland	191	(1)
Abel Kiviat, United States	192	(1)
Henry Laskau, United States	193	(1)
Fania Melnik, Soviet Union	193	(1)
Laurence E. ``Lon'' Myers, United States	194	(1)
Myer Prinstein, United States	195	(1)
Mel Rosen, United States	196	(1)
Fanny ``Bobbie'' Rosenfeld, Canada	197	(1)
Allen Tolmich, United States	197	(2)
Volleyball
Doug Beal, United States	199	(1)
Eugene Selznick, United States	200	(1)
Chagai Zamir, Israel	201	(1)
Water Polo
Istvan Barta, Hungary	202	(1)
Gyorgy Brody, Hungary	202	(1)
Bela Komjadi, Hungary	203	(1)
Bela Rajki-Reich, Hungary	204	(1)
Miklos Sarkany, Hungary	205	(1)
Weightlifting
Isaac ``Ike'' Berger, United States	206	(1)
Ben Helfgott, Great Britain	206	(1)
Edward Lawrence Levy, Great Britain	207	(1)
Grigori Novak, Soviet Union	207	(1)
Frank Spellman, United States	208	(2)
Wrestling
Boris Max Gurevitsch, Soviet Union	210	(1)
Boris Michail Gurevitsch, Soviet Union	210	(1)
Nikolaus ``Mickey'' Hirschl, Austria	211	(1)
Karoly Karpati, Hungary	211	(1)
Fred Oberlander, Canada and Europe	212	(1)
Richard Weisz, Hungary	213	(1)
Henry Wittenberg, United States	213	(4)
The Pillar of Achievement
Jehoshua Alouf, Israel	217	(1)
Robert Atlasz, Germany and Israel	217	(1)
Baruch Bagg, Israel	218	(1)
Morris ``Moe'' Berg, United States	218	(2)
Gretel Bergmann, Germany	220	(1)
Dr. Richard Blum, Israel	221	(1)
Alfred Brull, Hungary	221	(1)
John M. Brunswick, United States	221	(1)
Daniel Bukantz, United States	222	(1)
Haskell Cohen, United States	223	(1)
Judith Deutsch, Austria	223	(1)
Lajos Domeny-Deutsch, Hungary	224	(1)
Leo Donath, Hungary	224	(1)
Leone Efrati, Italy	224	(1)
Ian Froman, South Africa	225	(1)
Harry Getz, South Africa	226	(1)
Pierre Gildesgame, Great Britain	226	(1)
Emmanuel Gill, Israel	227	(1)
Harry Glickman, United States	227	(1)
Chaim Glovinsky, Israel	228	(1)
Julius ``Goldie'' Goldman, Canada	228	(1)
Kenneth Gradon, Great Britain	229	(1)
Sidney Halter, Canada	230	(1)
Arthur Hanak, Israel	230	(1)
Lester Harrison, United States	231	(1)
Col. Harry D. Henshel, United States	231	(1)
Joseph Inbar, Israel	232	(1)
Michael ``Mike'' Jacobs, United States	232	(1)
Ferenc Kemeny, Hungary	233	(1)
Kurt Lamm, United States	234	(1)
Harold Landesberg, United States	234	(1)
Fred Lebow, United States	235	(1)
Dr. Herman Lellewer, Germany	235	(1)
Dr. William Lippy, United States	236	(1)
Marvin Miller, United States	236	(1)
Charles Ornstein, United States	237	(1)
Bernard Postal, United States	238	(1)
Julia Jones Pugliese, United States	238	(1)
Jimmy Reese, United States	239	(1)
Fred Schmertz, United States	240	(1)
Eric Seelig, Germany	240	(1)
Joseph Shane, United States	241	(1)
Jesse Silver, United States	241	(1)
Roy Silver, United States	241	(1)
Emmanuel Simon, Israel	242	(1)
Dr. Uriel Simri, Israel	242	(1)
Margalit Sonnenfeld, Israel	243	(1)
Oscar State, Great Britain	243	(1)
Louis Stein, United States	244	(1)
Artur Takac, Yugoslavia	244	(1)
Irving Ungerman, Canada	245	(1)
Ben Weider, Canada	246	(1)
Joe Weider, United States	246	(1)
Chaim Wein, Israel	247	(1)
Joseph Yekutieli, Israel	247	(1)
Aviezer Yellin, Israel	248	(1)
Paul Ziffren, United States	248	(1)
Harold O. Zimman, United States	249	(2)
The Lifetime Achievement Award	251	(10)
About the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame	261	(12)
Appendix One: Jewish Olympic Medalists by Dr. George Eisen	273	(14)
Appendix Two: Pillar of Fame	287	(2)
Appendix Three: The Maccabiah Games	289	(6)
Appendix Four: The Munich Eleven	295	(2)
Index	297	(5)
About the Author	302