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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

Baseball

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

It is often stated incorrectly that Hall of Famer Rod Carew converted to Judaism, although it is true that he married a Jewish woman and they raised their children as Jews. This misconception was most famously perpetuated in two works:

  • A 1976 Esquire magazine article, "All-Time All-Star Argument Starter", by sportswriter Harry Stein, himself Jewish. Stein named Carew as the starting second baseman on his All-Jewish team.
  • "The Chanukah Song" by Jewish American comedian and actor Adam Sandler. He explicitly stated in his original 1994 version that Carew converted to Judaism, and Sandler has perpetuated this in later versions of the song.

Basketball

Boxing

Cricket

Fencing

  • Norman Armitage — fencer; 10-time US sabre champion
  • Albert Axelrod — fencer; 4-time US foil champion, and Olympic bronze medalist[87]
  • Madison Orloff - fencer; epee; 2009 Junior Olympic competitor
  • Cliff Bayer — fencer; 4-time US foil champion
  • Tamir Bloom — fencer; 2-time US epee champion
  • Daniel Bukantz — fencer; 4-time US foil champion; Gold Medalist in 1950 Maccabiah Games
  • Jeffrey Checkes — fencer; 1968 US Olympic team, individual and team Men's Foil competitions.
  • Emily Jacobson — fencer; 2004 Women's World Sabre Junior Champion
  • Sada Jacobson — fencer; Olympic Bronze Medalist, and ranked # 1 in the world in 2004[88]
  • Dan Kellner — fencer; 1-time US foil champion
  • Allan Kwartler — fencer; Gold Medalist in the Pan American Games (sabre) and Maccabiah Games (sabre and foil)[89]
  • Helene Mayer — fencer; 4-time Women's World Foil Champion; 8-time US champion; and Olympic Gold and Silver Medalist
  • Stephen Orloff - fencer; epee
  • Jonathan Tiomkin — fencier; 2-time US foil champion
  • George Worth — fencer; 1-time US sabre champion, and Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Alex Harkavy -- fencer; Bobby Fischer's cousin
  • Joe Shamash -- fencer; 1979 US National Foil Team Champion; 2-time medalist in 1981 World Maccabiah Games

Football

Golf

Hockey

Motor sports

Power sports

Rugby

Skating

Soccer

Swimming

Tennis and racquet sports

Track and Field

  • Gerald Ashworth — World record holder — 100 yards, 100 meters — 1964 Olympic track athlete-gold medal[58]
  • Louis Clarke — Olympic gold medal, 4X100-meter relay[58]
  • Lillian Copeland — 1932 Olympic gold medalist in the discus
  • Hugo Friend — long jump, Olympic bronze medal[58]
  • James Fuchs — shot put, Olympic bronze medal[58]
  • Daniel Frank — long jump, Olympic silver medal[58]
  • Marty Glickman — Sprinter/Football Player/Sportscaster[158]
  • Milton Green — was the world record holder in the high hurdles in the 1930s. He was considered sure to make the Olympic team in 1936, but chose not to participate in protest of the event being held in Nazi Germany.
  • Doug Heir — Paralympic athlete (6g2s2b)[159]
  • Charles Jacobs — Bronze medal, Olympic pole vault[58]
  • Deena Kastor — long-distance runner[160]
  • Abel Kiviat — middle-distance runner[161]
  • Margaret Bergmann Lambert — US Champion in high jump, 1937-38, and shotput, 1938. Gretel Bergmann, a Jew from Laupheim, Germany, was one of the leading high jumpers in Europe, destined for the 1936 Berlin Olympics. After the rise of Hitler, she (like all German Jews) was barred from sporting events that included non-Jewish athletes. This led to her emigration, in 1934, to England, where she won the British high jump championship in 1935. On the same day, she learned that, to avoid retribution on her family from the Nazis, she would be forced to return to Germany to train with other Olympic candidates — part of an attempt by Germany to avoid an international boycott of the games. Bergmann trained with the German Olympic team until two weeks before the games, tying the German record in high jump in the process — then received a letter dropping her from the team, supposedly for subpar performance. The following year, Bergmann emigrated to New York, where she excelled in track & field until stopping her career with the onset of World War II. Still living in New York, she is the subject of the frequently aired HBO documentary "Hitler's Pawn."[162]
  • Alvah Meyer — Silver medal, 100 meter dash, 1912 Olympics[58]
  • Lon Myers — 19th century running champion[163]
  • Myer Prinstein — Olympic jumper (4g1s)[164]
  • Steve Seymour — javelin throw, Olympic Silver medal[58]
  • Gillette Silver - 400 yd dash.

Miscellaneous Sports

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ Chicago Jewish News - Jewish Chicago's Hometown Newspaper
  2. ^ Jesse Baker at Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. ^ Blomberg — [1] "Ron Blomberg... Big, hulking Jewish kid from Atlanta."
  4. ^ Andy Cohen Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ^ a b Jews in Baseball
  6. ^ [2] [3]
  7. ^ [4] "Last week, Jewish OFs Adam Greenberg..."
  8. ^ The Jewish All-Star Team | BaseballLibrary.com
  9. ^ [5] "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. ^ a b Chicago White Sox: Front Office
  14. ^ [6] "Olympic experience thrills Canadian Jewish ballplayer..."
  15. ^ Baseball Reference
  16. ^ [7] "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."
  17. ^ [8] "two Jewish back-ups have had a chance to play: third baseman Kevin Youkilis and right fielder Gabe Kapler." [9]
  18. ^ Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
  19. ^ The State of Jews in the NBA Address
  20. ^ Arnold "Red" Auerbach
  21. ^ Bemoras, Irv : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  22. ^ Senda Berenson
  23. ^ Sue Bird
  24. ^ [10] "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."
  25. ^ [11] "Brown is the fifth Jewish Head Coach to win an NBA title..."
  26. ^ William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education
  27. ^ [12] "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" [13]
  28. ^ [14] "“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.”"
  29. ^ Friedman, Marty : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  30. ^ [15] "first 6 winners, including Dutch Garfinkel, were Jewish..."
  31. ^ Ernie Grunfeld
  32. ^ Gottlieb, Doug : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  33. ^ Hank Greenberg Movie
  34. ^ Heyman, Art : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  35. ^ [16] "Holman was always very conscious of being Jewish..."
  36. ^ [17] [18]
  37. ^ Kaplowitz, Ralph : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  38. ^ Klotz, "Red" : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  39. ^ Jews in Sports
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  56. ^ [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]
  57. ^ a b [40]
  58. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Jewish Olympic Medalists
  59. ^ Jack Bernstein (John Dodick)
  60. ^ Jewish News, Jewish Newspapers - Forward.com
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  62. ^ ..."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]
  63. ^ Benny Goldberg entry at BoxRec.com
  64. ^ Israel “Charley” Goldman
  65. ^ Jews in Boxing
  66. ^ Joe Louis and the Jews
  67. ^ Jewish News, Jewish Newspapers - Forward.com
  68. ^ [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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  70. ^ Herbie Kronowitz - Boxrec Boxing Encyclopaedia
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  73. ^ Battling Levinsky (Barney Lebrowitz)
  74. ^ Ted “Kid” Lewis (Gershon Mendeloff)
  75. ^ ThisNthat - Book Reviews
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  78. ^ Olin, Bob : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
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  83. ^ JewishSports.com
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  85. ^ The Cyber Boxing Zone
  86. ^ Valger, Benny : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  87. ^ Uc_Hilal : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  88. ^ :: Welcome To The Jewish Ledger ::
  89. ^ Uc_Hilal : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  90. ^ [64] [65]
  91. ^ [66] [67]
  92. ^ [68]
  93. ^ a b [69] "Jewish skier comes back to his true love — football..."
  94. ^ Jay Fiedler
  95. ^ [70] [71]
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  97. ^ "Jews in Sports". http://www.jewishtribalreview.org/sports1.htm. 
  98. ^ [74]
  99. ^ Printable Version
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  104. ^ Mix, Ron : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  105. ^ [82] [83]
  106. ^ Carroll Rosenbloom
  107. ^ [84] [85]
  108. ^ NFL has Jewish year - Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
  109. ^ [86] [87]
  110. ^ What Being Jewish Means To Me - American Jewish Committee
  111. ^ Wood, Gary : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  112. ^ Jewish-American Heritage Month
  113. ^ NFL owners approve Vikings sale to Wilf
  114. ^ [88]
  115. ^ JewishJournal.com
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  118. ^ [93] "Nystrom is the highest Jewish draft pick in NHL draft history"
  119. ^ [94] [95]
  120. ^ JewishJournal.com
  121. ^ [96] "Newman self-identifies as Jewish, "because it's more of a challenge", per Earl Blackwell (1991)."
  122. ^ Jews in Sports from A to M
  123. ^ a b Jewish News, Jewish Newspapers - Forward.com
  124. ^ The Hebrew Hulk - San Diego Jewish Journal
  125. ^ [97]]
  126. ^ Jewish News, Jewish Newspapers - Forward.com
  127. ^ [98] [99]
  128. ^ [100]
  129. ^ [101] "2006 Jewish-American Olympians to watch for... Ice skater Sasha Cohen" [102] [103]
  130. ^ Galler-Rabinowitz — [104]
  131. ^ [105] "2006 Jewish-American Olympians to watch for in Turin... Melissa Gregory" [106] "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.""
  132. ^ [107] "Emily Hughes—whose sister Sarah won the 2002 Olympic gold medal in women's figureskating—also is Jewish."
  133. ^ [108] [109]
  134. ^ Jews In Sports: Exhibit Page @ Virtual Museum
  135. ^ [110] "2006 Jewish-American Olympians to watch for in Turin! Ice dancer Jamie Silverstein"
  136. ^ JewishJournal.com
  137. ^ Bornstein — named as on "Jewish Sports Review Men's All-America First-Team" at [111]; [112] ""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."
  138. ^ Winter News
  139. ^ Feilhaber — [113] "Outside of my UCLA teammate Benny Feilhaber, I never really thought there were other high-class Jewish soccer players out there"
  140. ^ AJHS: Archive of American Jews in Sports
  141. ^ Messing, Shep : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  142. ^ Major League Soccer: Home: The Official Site of Major League Soccer
  143. ^ Women In Sports
  144. ^ JewishJournal.com
  145. ^ [114]
  146. ^ Jews in the Olympics
  147. ^ Lenny Krayzelburg
  148. ^ [115] [116]
  149. ^ Spitz — [117] "Spitz became the first Jewish recipient of the James E. Sullivan Award..."
  150. ^ Amazon.com: Jewish Sports Legends: The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 4th Edition: Books: Joseph M. Siegman
  151. ^ This article is unavailable - HighBeam Research
  152. ^ [118] ""He knows he's Jewish and the values are there with him," said Clark Goldstein, Paul's father."
  153. ^ Brian Gottfried
  154. ^ [119] [120]
  155. ^ [121]
  156. ^ Victor Niederhoffer Hall of Fame Profile
  157. ^ Savitt, Dick : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  158. ^ Jews and the Games
  159. ^ [122]
  160. ^ The Jewish Chronicle
  161. ^ Abel Kiviat
  162. ^ Uc_Hilal : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  163. ^ [123] [124]
  164. ^ [125] [126]
  165. ^ Celebrity Jewish Speakers - Famous Jews in Sports Jewish Athletes
  166. ^ This article is unavailable - HighBeam Research
  167. ^ Mitch Gaylord Speaker Bio - Find booking agent contact to book top speakers bureau and celebrities
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  169. ^ [128] "The man who made his name as a Jewish pro wrestler talks about his recent religious awakening"
  170. ^ Jews In Horse Racing
  171. ^ Victor “Vic” Hershkowitz
  172. ^ [129] [130]
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  174. ^ Mark Roth
  175. ^ [133] [134]
  176. ^ LJWorld.com / 6Sports video: KU volleyball squad hoping for return to NCAA Tourney
  177. ^ [135]International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame - Shaun Tomson (Tomchinsky)

Russell Mathias, University of Arizona Lacrosse, champion in 2005


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