List of Jewish American sportspeople

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This is a list of notable Jewish American sportspeople. For other famous Jewish Americans, see List of Jewish Americans; for sportspeople from other countries; see List of Jews in sport.

Contents

[edit] Baseball

Unless otherwise noted, all baseball players sourced from the Chicago Jewish News Online[1] and Wikipedia.

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Boxing

[edit] Fencing

[edit] Football

[edit] Golf

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Motor sports

[edit] Power sports

[edit] Skating

[edit] Soccer

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Tennis and racquet sports

[edit] Track and Field

  • Zhanna Pintusevich-Block (née Tarnopolskaya) - 100 meters silver medalist in Athens 1997, 200 golden medalist in Athens 1997.
  • Gerald Ashworth — World record holder — 100 yards, 100 meters — 1964 Olympic track athlete-gold medal[153]
  • Louis Clarke — Olympic gold medal, 4X100-meter relay[154]
  • Adam Copeland — professional wrestler
  • Lillian Copeland — 1932 Olympic gold medalist in the discus
  • Hugo Friend — long jump, Olympic bronze medal[155]
  • James Fuchs — shot put, Olympic bronze medal[156]
  • Daniel Frank — long jump, Olympic silver medal[157]
  • Marty Glickman — Sprinter/Football Player/Sportscaster[158]
  • Milton Green — was the world record holder in the high hurdles in the 1930's. He was considered sure to make the Oylmpic team in 1936, but chose not to participate in protest of the event being held in Berlin, center of Nazi Germany.
  • Doug Heir — Paralympic athlete (6g2s2b)[159]
  • Charles Jacobs — Bronze medal, Olympic pole vault[160]
  • Deena Kastor — long-distance runner[161]
  • Abel Kiviat — middle-distance runner[162]
  • Alvah Meyer — Silver medal, 100 meter dash, 1912 Olympics[163]
  • Lon Myers — 19th century running champion[164]
  • Myer Prinstein — Olympic jumper (4g1s)[165]
  • Steve Seymour — javelin throw, Olympic Silver medal[166]

[edit] Miscellaneous Sports

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Chicago Jewish News - Jewish Chicago's Hometown Newspaper
  2. ^ Blomberg — [1] "Ron Blomberg... Big, hulking Jewish kid from Atlanta."
  3. ^ [2] "He is the highest drafted Jewish baseballer since Justin Wayne went also went 5th in 2000."
  4. ^ Andy Cohen Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ^ Jews in Baseball
  6. ^ [3] [4]
  7. ^ [5] "Last week, Jewish OFs Adam Greenberg..."
  8. ^ The Jewish All-Star Team | BaseballLibrary.com
  9. ^ [6] "Add Ian Kinsler to the names of Jewish major leaguers."
  10. ^ Jonathan Tobin
  11. ^ Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 1999
  12. ^ His Father May Write About It, but Newhan Plays the Game - New York Times
  13. ^ Chicago White Sox: Front Office
  14. ^ [7] "Olympic experience thrills Canadian Jewish ballplayer..."
  15. ^ Jews in Baseball
  16. ^ Baseball Reference
  17. ^ [8] "Sandy Koufax isn't the only major league baseball player who refused to pitch on Yom Kippur. It was the fall of 1963, and Larry Yellen was slated to make his major league debut for the Houston Colt .45s against the New York Mets when he received a call from his mother."
  18. ^ [9] "two Jewish back-ups have had a chance to play: third baseman Kevin Youkilis and right fielder Gabe Kapler." [10]
  19. ^ Arnold "Red" Auerbach
  20. ^ Bemoras, Irv : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  21. ^ Senda Berenson
  22. ^ [11] "Jewish shooting star aims to make his mark in NBA... Bluthenthal’s late mother was Jewish and his father is black — the family name Bluthenthal originated with a slave owner David Bluthenthal believes was German-Jewish."
  23. ^ [12] "Brown is the fifth Jewish Head Coach to win an NBA title..."
  24. ^ [13] "Bruin fans call him the Jewish Jordan...He's a real, live Jewish kid from the heart of Los Angeles, whose step-father is Israeli and has visited Israel twice" [14]
  25. ^ [15] "“Even though I’m Jewish,” he says, “I joined a CYO team and became the player-coach. It’s the only thing I have in common with Bill Russell.”"
  26. ^ Friedman, Marty : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  27. ^ [16] "first 6 winners, including Dutch Garfinkel, were Jewish..."
  28. ^ Ernie Grunfeld
  29. ^ Gottlieb, Doug : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  30. ^ Hank Greenberg Movie
  31. ^ Heyman, Art : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  32. ^ [17] "Holman was always very conscious of being Jewish..."
  33. ^ [18] [19]
  34. ^ Kaplowitz, Ralph : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  35. ^ Klotz, "Red" : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
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  38. ^ Chicago White Sox: Front Office
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  46. ^ Jewish News, Jewish Newspapers - Forward.com
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  48. ^ [38] "...who could better serve as a contrast to the Irish Catholic family man from New Jersey than a tough, mouthy Jewish kid with a million-dollar strut named Max Baer?" [39]
  49. ^ [40]
  50. ^ Jewish Olympic Medalists
  51. ^ Jack Bernstein (John Dodick)
  52. ^ Jewish News, Jewish Newspapers - Forward.com
  53. ^ [41] [42]
  54. ^ ..."You want to make money fighting, don't you? People like to come to fights to see guys they think are tough." So Davis became known as Bummy, though he was not a bum, either as a boxer or as a person. His tragic — and violent — death was indicative of the way he lived his life. In 1945, at the age of 25, Davis was fatally shot to death while coming to the defense of a barkeep during a robbery attempt.</r>[43]
  55. ^ Benny Goldberg entry at BoxRec.com
  56. ^ Israel “Charley” Goldman
  57. ^ Jews in Boxing
  58. ^ Joe Louis and the Jews
  59. ^ Jewish News, Jewish Newspapers - Forward.com
  60. ^ [44] "The “First Lady of Boxing” is often asked what a nice Jewish girl like her is doing in a sport like that."
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  62. ^ Herbie Kronowitz - Boxrec Boxing Encyclopaedia
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  65. ^ Battling Levinsky (Barney Lebrowitz)
  66. ^ Ted “Kid” Lewis (Gershon Mendeloff)
  67. ^ ThisNthat - Book Reviews
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  70. ^ Olin, Bob : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
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  75. ^ JewishSports.com
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  78. ^ The Cyber Boxing Zone
  79. ^ Valger, Benny : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  80. ^ Uc_Hilal : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  81. ^ :: Welcome To The Jewish Ledger ::
  82. ^ Uc_Hilal : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
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  86. ^ [70] "Jewish skier comes back to his true love — football..."
  87. ^ Jay Fiedler
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  91. ^ Printable Version
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  97. ^ Mix, Ron : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
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  100. ^ NFL has Jewish year - Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
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  102. ^ What Being Jewish Means To Me - American Jewish Committee
  103. ^ Wood, Gary : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  104. ^ http://www.jcrcny.org/jhny2/pdf/about.pdf
  105. ^ [91]
  106. ^ JewishJournal.com
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  109. ^ [96] "Nystrom is the highest Jewish draft pick in NHL draft history"
  110. ^ [97] [98]
  111. ^ JewishJournal.com
  112. ^ [99] "Newman self-identifies as Jewish, "because it's more of a challenge", per Earl Blackwell (1991)."
  113. ^ Jews in Sports from A to M
  114. ^ [100]
  115. ^ Jewish Olympic Medalists
  116. ^ Jewish News, Jewish Newspapers - Forward.com
  117. ^ Jewish News, Jewish Newspapers - Forward.com
  118. ^ The Hebrew Hulk - San Diego Jewish Journal
  119. ^ Jewish News, Jewish Newspapers - Forward.com
  120. ^ [101] [102]
  121. ^ [103]
  122. ^ [104] "2006 Jewish-American Olympians to watch for... Ice skater Sasha Cohen" [105] [106]
  123. ^ Galler-Rabinowitz — [107]
  124. ^ [108] "2006 Jewish-American Olympians to watch for in Turin... Melissa Gregory" [109] "Gregory is the daughter of a Jewish mother and a non-practicing Catholic father. She now lives in Connecticut to train and Gregory recently spoke to the Connecticut Jewish Ledger about her religious background: "We [my brother and I] were brought up with the feeling that you have to believe in G-d. You have to believe in right and wrong. The rest they kind of left up to us. We celebrated everything-Christmas, Hanukkah, all the Jewish holidays, Easter. They taught us both traditions. Then when we got older they said whatever we chose and whatever we wanted was good with them. I identify that my heritage is Jewish. I feel proud of it.""
  125. ^ [110] "Emily Hughes—whose sister Sarah won the 2002 Olympic gold medal in women's figureskating—also is Jewish."
  126. ^ [111] [112]
  127. ^ Jews In Sports: Exhibit Page @ Virtual Museum
  128. ^ [113] "2006 Jewish-American Olympians to watch for in Turin! Ice dancer Jamie Silverstein"
  129. ^ JewishJournal.com
  130. ^ Bornstein — named as on "Jewish Sports Review Men's All-America First-Team" at [114]; [115] ""It was amazing. It was great. I loved it. It made me realize how fulfilling and enriched Jewish culture really is," Bornstein said. "So in the past couple years, I've felt more Jewish than ever." His father is Jewish and his mother is a non-Jew from Mexico. Bornstein grew up celebrating Passover and Rosh Hashanah with relatives. He did not have a bar mitzvah, and he doesn't consider himself observant. The Maccabiah experience was a way for him to connect with Judaism."
  131. ^ Winter News
  132. ^ Feilhaber — [116] "Outside of my UCLA teammate Benny Feilhaber, I never really thought there were other high-class Jewish soccer players out there"
  133. ^ AJHS: Archive of American Jews in Sports
  134. ^ Messing, Shep : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  135. ^ Major League Soccer: Home: The Official Site of Major League Soccer
  136. ^ Women In Sports
  137. ^ JewishJournal.com
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  139. ^ Jews in the Olympics
  140. ^ Lenny Krayzelburg
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  143. ^ Spitz — [121] "Spitz became the first Jewish recipient of the James E. Sullivan Award..."
  144. ^ Amazon.com: Jewish Sports Legends: The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 4th Edition: Books: Joseph M. Siegman
  145. ^ This article is unavailable - HighBeam Research
  146. ^ [122] ""He knows he's Jewish and the values are there with him," said Clark Goldstein, Paul's father."
  147. ^ Brian Gottfried
  148. ^ [123] [124]
  149. ^ [125]
  150. ^ Victor Niederhoffer Hall of Fame Profile
  151. ^ Savitt, Dick : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  152. ^ [126]
  153. ^ Jewish Olympic Medalists
  154. ^ Jewish Olympic Medalists
  155. ^ Jewish Olympic Medalists
  156. ^ Jewish Olympic Medalists
  157. ^ Jewish Olympic Medalists
  158. ^ Jews and the Games
  159. ^ [127]
  160. ^ Jewish Olympic Medalists
  161. ^ The Jewish Chronicle
  162. ^ Abel Kiviat
  163. ^ Jewish Olympic Medalists
  164. ^ [128] [129]
  165. ^ [130] [131]
  166. ^ Jewish Olympic Medalists
  167. ^ [132] "Jewish skier comes back to his true love — football..."
  168. ^ Celebrity Jewish Speakers - Famous Jews in Sports Jewish Athletes
  169. ^ This article is unavailable - HighBeam Research
  170. ^ Mitch Gaylord Speaker Bio - Find booking agent contact to book top speakers bureau and celebrities
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  172. ^ [134] "The man who made his name as a Jewish pro wrestler talks about his recent religious awakening"
  173. ^ Jews In Horse Racing
  174. ^ Victor “Vic” Hershkowitz
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  177. ^ Mark Roth
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  179. ^ LJWorld.com / 6Sports video: KU volleyball squad hoping for return to NCAA Tourney