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*[[Alan Veingrad]]<ref>[http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nl/content3.asp?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=873557&ct=1126783 What Being Jewish Means To Me - American Jewish Committee<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*[[Alan Veingrad]]<ref>[http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nl/content3.asp?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=873557&ct=1126783 What Being Jewish Means To Me - American Jewish Committee<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*[[Gary Wood]] — [[New York Giants]] quarterback<ref>[http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=football&ID=310 Wood, Gary : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*[[Gary Wood]] — [[New York Giants]] quarterback<ref>[http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=football&ID=310 Wood, Gary : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*[[Benjamin Goldberg]] - [[Kansas City Chiefs]]
*[[Benjamin "Jew Fro" Goldberg]] - [[Kansas City Chiefs]]


==Golf==
==Golf==

Revision as of 16:27, 15 February 2008


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.

Baseball

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

Bud Selig Baseball Commissioner

Basketball

Boxing

Fencing

Football

Golf

Hockey

Motor sports

Power sports

Skating

Soccer

Swimming

Tennis and racquet sports

Track and Field

Miscellaneous Sports

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. ^ [7][8][9][10]
  12. ^ Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 1999
  13. ^ His Father May Write About It, but Newhan Plays the Game - New York Times
  14. ^ Chicago White Sox: Front Office
  15. ^ [11] "Olympic experience thrills Canadian Jewish ballplayer..."
  16. ^ Jews in Baseball
  17. ^ [12] "two Jewish back-ups have had a chance to play: third baseman Kevin Youkilis and right fielder Gabe Kapler." [13]
  18. ^ Arnold "Red" Auerbach
  19. ^ Bemoras, Irv : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  20. ^ Senda Berenson
  21. ^ [14] "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."
  22. ^ [15] "Brown is the fifth Jewish Head Coach to win an NBA title..."
  23. ^ [16] "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" [17]
  24. ^ [18] "“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.”"
  25. ^ Friedman, Marty : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  26. ^ [19] "first 6 winners, including Dutch Garfinkel, were Jewish..."
  27. ^ Ernie Grunfeld
  28. ^ Gottlieb, Doug : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  29. ^ Hank Greenberg Movie
  30. ^ Heyman, Art : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  31. ^ [20] "Holman was always very conscious of being Jewish..."
  32. ^ [21] [22]
  33. ^ Kaplowitz, Ralph : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  34. ^ Klotz, "Red" : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  35. ^ [23] [24]
  36. ^ [25] [26]
  37. ^ [27] [28]
  38. ^ [29] [30]
  39. ^ [31] [32]
  40. ^ [33]
  41. ^ [34] [35]
  42. ^ [36]
  43. ^ [37] [38]
  44. ^ Jewish News, Jewish Newspapers - Forward.com
  45. ^ [39] [40]
  46. ^ [41] "...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?" [42]
  47. ^ [43]
  48. ^ Jewish Olympic Medalists
  49. ^ Jack Bernstein (John Dodick)
  50. ^ Jewish News, Jewish Newspapers - Forward.com
  51. ^ [44] [45]
  52. ^ ..."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>[46]
  53. ^ Benny Goldberg entry at BoxRec.com
  54. ^ Israel “Charley” Goldman
  55. ^ Jews in Boxing
  56. ^ Joe Louis and the Jews
  57. ^ Jewish News, Jewish Newspapers - Forward.com
  58. ^ [47] "The “First Lady of Boxing” is often asked what a nice Jewish girl like her is doing in a sport like that."
  59. ^ [48] [49]
  60. ^ Herbie Kronowitz - Boxrec Boxing Encyclopaedia
  61. ^ [50] [51]
  62. ^ [52] [53]
  63. ^ Battling Levinsky (Barney Lebrowitz)
  64. ^ Ted “Kid” Lewis (Gershon Mendeloff)
  65. ^ ThisNthat - Book Reviews
  66. ^ [54] [55]
  67. ^ [56] [57]
  68. ^ Olin, Bob : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  69. ^ [58] [59]
  70. ^ [60]
  71. ^ [61] [62]
  72. ^ [63] [64]
  73. ^ JewishSports.com
  74. ^ [65]
  75. ^ [66] [67]
  76. ^ The Cyber Boxing Zone
  77. ^ Valger, Benny : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  78. ^ Uc_Hilal : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  79. ^ :: Welcome To The Jewish Ledger ::
  80. ^ Uc_Hilal : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  81. ^ [68] [69]
  82. ^ [70] [71]
  83. ^ [72]
  84. ^ [73] "Jewish skier comes back to his true love — football..."
  85. ^ Jay Fiedler
  86. ^ [74] [75]
  87. ^ [76] [77]
  88. ^ [78]
  89. ^ Printable Version
  90. ^ [79] [80]
  91. ^ [81][82]
  92. ^ [83] [84]
  93. ^ [85]
  94. ^ [86] [87]
  95. ^ Mix, Ron : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  96. ^ [88] [89]
  97. ^ [90] [91]
  98. ^ NFL has Jewish year - Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
  99. ^ [92] [93]
  100. ^ What Being Jewish Means To Me - American Jewish Committee
  101. ^ Wood, Gary : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  102. ^ http://www.jcrcny.org/jhny2/pdf/about.pdf
  103. ^ [94]
  104. ^ JewishJournal.com
  105. ^ [95] [96]
  106. ^ [97] [98]
  107. ^ [99] "Nystrom is the highest Jewish draft pick in NHL draft history"
  108. ^ [100] [101]
  109. ^ JewishJournal.com
  110. ^ [102] "Newman self-identifies as Jewish, "because it's more of a challenge", per Earl Blackwell (1991)."
  111. ^ Jews in Sports from A to M
  112. ^ [103]
  113. ^ Jewish Olympic Medalists
  114. ^ Jewish News, Jewish Newspapers - Forward.com
  115. ^ Jewish News, Jewish Newspapers - Forward.com
  116. ^ The Hebrew Hulk - San Diego Jewish Journal
  117. ^ Jewish News, Jewish Newspapers - Forward.com
  118. ^ [104] [105]
  119. ^ [106]
  120. ^ [107] "2006 Jewish-American Olympians to watch for... Ice skater Sasha Cohen" [108] [109]
  121. ^ Galler-Rabinowitz — [110]
  122. ^ [111] "2006 Jewish-American Olympians to watch for in Turin... Melissa Gregory" [112] "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.""
  123. ^ [113] "Emily Hughes—whose sister Sarah won the 2002 Olympic gold medal in women's figureskating—also is Jewish."
  124. ^ [114] [115]
  125. ^ Jews In Sports: Exhibit Page @ Virtual Museum
  126. ^ [116] "2006 Jewish-American Olympians to watch for in Turin! Ice dancer Jamie Silverstein"
  127. ^ JewishJournal.com
  128. ^ Bornstein — named as on "Jewish Sports Review Men's All-America First-Team" at [117]; [118] ""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."
  129. ^ Winter News
  130. ^ Feilhaber — [119] "Outside of my UCLA teammate Benny Feilhaber, I never really thought there were other high-class Jewish soccer players out there"
  131. ^ AJHS: Archive of American Jews in Sports
  132. ^ Messing, Shep : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  133. ^ Major League Soccer: Home: The Official Site of Major League Soccer
  134. ^ Women In Sports
  135. ^ JewishJournal.com
  136. ^ [120]
  137. ^ Jews in the Olympics
  138. ^ Lenny Krayzelburg
  139. ^ [121] [122]
  140. ^ [123]
  141. ^ Spitz — [124] "Spitz became the first Jewish recipient of the James E. Sullivan Award..."
  142. ^ Amazon.com: Jewish Sports Legends: The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 4th Edition: Books: Joseph M. Siegman
  143. ^ This article is unavailable - HighBeam Research
  144. ^ [125] ""He knows he's Jewish and the values are there with him," said Clark Goldstein, Paul's father."
  145. ^ Brian Gottfried
  146. ^ [126] [127]
  147. ^ [128]
  148. ^ Victor Niederhoffer Hall of Fame Profile
  149. ^ Savitt, Dick : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  150. ^ [129]
  151. ^ Jewish Olympic Medalists
  152. ^ Jewish Olympic Medalists
  153. ^ Jewish Olympic Medalists
  154. ^ Jewish Olympic Medalists
  155. ^ Jewish Olympic Medalists
  156. ^ Jews and the Games
  157. ^ [130]
  158. ^ Jewish Olympic Medalists
  159. ^ The Jewish Chronicle
  160. ^ Abel Kiviat
  161. ^ Jewish Olympic Medalists
  162. ^ [131] [132]
  163. ^ [133] [134]
  164. ^ Jewish Olympic Medalists
  165. ^ [135] "Jewish skier comes back to his true love — football..."
  166. ^ Celebrity Jewish Speakers - Famous Jews in Sports Jewish Athletes
  167. ^ This article is unavailable - HighBeam Research
  168. ^ Mitch Gaylord Speaker Bio - Find booking agent contact to book top speakers bureau and celebrities
  169. ^ [136]
  170. ^ [137] "The man who made his name as a Jewish pro wrestler talks about his recent religious awakening"
  171. ^ Jews In Horse Racing
  172. ^ Victor “Vic” Hershkowitz
  173. ^ [138] [139]
  174. ^ [140] [141]
  175. ^ Mark Roth
  176. ^ [142] [143]
  177. ^ LJWorld.com / 6Sports video: KU volleyball squad hoping for return to NCAA Tourney
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