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This is a list of notable Jewish American sportspeople.

Contents

For other famous Jewish Americans, see List of Jewish Americans; for sportspeople from other countries; see List of Jews in sport.

Players

  • Cal Abrams
  • Lloyd Allen (converted to Judaism)
  • Rubén Amaro, Jr. (Jewish mother)
  • Morrie Arnovich
  • Brad Ausmus
  • Jesse Baker
  • Brian Bark
  • Ross Baumgarten
  • Jose Bautista (Jewish mother)
  • Bo Belinsky (Jewish mother)
  • Joe Bennett
  • Moe Berg
  • Bob Berman
  • Cy Block
  • Ron Blomberg (1948–), Major League's first designated hitter
  • Sam Bohne
  • Lou Boudreau (Jewish mother)
  • Ryan Braun
  • Craig Breslow
  • Louis Brower
  • Conrad Cardinal
  • Harry Chozen
  • Tony Cogan
  • Alta Cohen
  • Andy Cohen (1904–1988), 2nd baseman for the New York Giants (1926, 1928, 1929); managed one game for the 1960 Philadelphia Phillies
  • Hy Cohen
  • Syd Cohen
  • Phil Cooney
  • Ed Corey
  • Bill Cristall
  • Harry Danning
  • Ike Davis (Jewish mother)
  • Cody Decker
  • Harry Eisenstat
  • Mike Epstein
  • Reuben Ewing
  • Al Federoff
  • Harry Feldman
  • Scott Feldman
  • Leo Fishel
  • Matt Ford
  • Nate Freiman
  • Sam Fuld, outfielder
  • John Grabow
  • Shawn Green
  • Adam Greenberg (1981–), former outfielder with the Chicago Cubs
  • Hank Greenberg, AL MVP 1935/1940, HoF
  • Jason Hirsh, starting pitcher
  • Ken Holtzman, pitched two major league no-hitters. pitched in the '60s and '70s
  • Brian Horwitz, outfielder
  • Gabe Kapler
  • Ian Kinsler
  • Jerry Klein, pitcher
  • Sandy Koufax, NL MVP 1963, HoF
  • Ryan Lavarnway
  • Jason Marquis
  • Marvin Miller, first director of the MLBPA
  • Jon Moscot
  • David Newhan, up for debate, as he believes in Jesus
  • Jeff Newman
  • Joc Pederson
  • Barney Pelty
  • Lefty Phillips, managed the California Angels in late 1960s and early 1970s
  • Lipman Pike, major league baseball's first player
  • Kevin Pillar
  • Jake Pitler
  • Aaron Poreda
  • Scott Radinsky
  • Jimmie Reese
  • Jerry Reinsdorf, owner, Chicago White Sox
  • Dave Roberts, pitcher
  • Saul Rogovin, pitcher
  • Al Rosen, Alabama MVP 1953
  • Goodwin Rosen, "Goody two shoes"
  • Wayne Rosenthal
  • Josh Satin, second baseman for the Mets
  • Richie Scheinblum, outfielder for Indians, Senators, Cardinals, Royals, Reds and Angels (1960s and 1970s); was on the 1972 American League All-Star Team
  • Scott Schoeneweis
  • Art Shamsky, outfielder and first baseman in the '60s and '70s with the Reds and Mets.
  • Larry Sherry, relief pitcher for the Dodgers
  • Norm Sherry, catcher, managed the California Angels
  • Mose Solomon, "The Rabbi of Swat"
  • Adam Stern
  • Steve Stone, 1980 AL Cy Young winner
  • Danny Valencia, third baseman
  • Steve Wapnick, relief pitcher
  • Justin Wayne
  • Phillip Weintraub, nicknamed "Mickey"; batted and threw left-handed
  • Josh Whitesell
  • Steve Yeager, catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers
  • Larry Yellen, pitcher for the Houston Colt .45s
  • Kevin Youkilis
  • Josh Zeid

    • 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

  • Leslie Alexander, owner of the Houston Rockets; former owner of the Houston Comets
  • Red Auerbach, coach, general manager and team president, Boston Celtics, HoF
  • Sam Balter, 5' 10" guard, Olympic champion
  • Irv Bemoras, basketball player who helped lead the University of Illinois to two Big Ten titles (1951 and 1952), while being named first team All-Big Ten and second team All-America in 1953; played in the NBA after college for the Milwaukee Hawks, 1953–1954, and with the St. Louis Hawks, 1956–1957
  • Senda Berenson Abbott, educator and sportswoman, HoF
  • Sue Bird, WNBA player, Seattle Storm
  • David Blatt, former coach, Cleveland Cavaliers
  • David Blu, professional basketball player for several European clubs, among them Maccabi Tel Aviv, Benetton Treviso, Virtus Bologna, Fortitudo Bologna, and currently Le Mans
  • Nathan Brenner, player, Beta sports court, Hollel
  • Larry Brown, ABA 5' 9" point guard, three-time All-Star, three-time assists leader, and NBA coach, Olympic champion
  • Jake Cohen, power forward for the Israeli national team
  • Shay Doron, WNBA player drafted by the New York Liberty in 2007
  • Jordan Farmar, current player for Maccabi Tel Aviv; former starting point guard for the UCLA men's basketball team
  • Hank Finkel, back-up center for the Boston Celtics
  • Lawrence Frank, former head coach of the NBA New Jersey Nets
  • Marty Friedman, player, HoF
  • Doug Gottlieb, player, broadcaster
  • Edward Gottlieb, NBA co-founder, coach and owner of Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, HoF
  • Ernie Grunfeld, player, US Olympic Team, NBA
  • Art Heyman, player, all-time Duke great, NBA and ABA
  • Nat Holman, player and coach, HoF
  • Red Holzman, coach, HoF, NBA player
  • Nate Huffman, NBB Intercamp Basketball Tourney figurehead
  • Ralph Kaplowitz, player, appeared in first BAA game (Knicks vs. Huskies)
  • Stan Kasten, former GM/president, Atlanta Hawks
  • Louis Klotz, player for Baltimore Bullets; founder of the Washington Generals touring exhibition team
  • Herb Kohl, owner, Milwaukee Bucks
  • Barry Kramer, player; All-American at NYU 1962–64; played with San Francisco Warriors (NBA), followed by the New York Knicks (1964)
  • Joel Kramer, player for Phoenix Suns 1978–83 after four years at San Diego State University
  • Sylven Landesberg, 6' 6" former UVA shooting guard (current player of Maccabi Tel Aviv b.C.)
  • Rudy LaRusso, NBA 6' 7" forward/center, five-time All-Star
  • Nancy Lieberman, WNBA player and coach, Olympic silver, HoF
  • Harry Litwack, coach, HoF
  • Earl 'ED' Nobil, 1939–1943 center; AJC US Amateur Champion Player of the Year
  • Lennie Rosenbluth, 1957 College Basketball Player of the Year
  • Danny Schayes, NBA player
  • Dolph Schayes, player, HoF
  • Ossie Schectman, scored first basket of NBA (1946)
  • Jon Scheyer, All-American Duke University 6' 5" shooting guard and point guard
  • Barney Sedran, player, HoF
  • Amar'e Stoudemire, power forward, New York Knicks; claims to have Jewish roots, but this is unconfirmed
  • Sidney Tannenbaum, two-time All-American 6' 0" guard; left as NYU all-time scorer, played in the BAA
  • Alex Tyus, center for the Israeli national team
  • Zollie Volchok, 1983 NBA Executive of the Year Award for the Seattle SuperSonics
  • Neal Walk, NBA player
  • Max Zaslofsky, NBA 6' 2" guard/forward, one-time FT% leader, one-time points leader, All-Star, ABA coach

    • Executives

  • Leslie Alexander, owner, Houston Rockets; former owner, Houston Comets
  • Micky Arison, owner, Miami Heat
  • Steve Balmer, owner, Los Angeles Clippers
  • Steve Belkin, former owner, Atlanta Hawks
  • Mark Cuban, owner, Dallas Mavericks
  • William Davidson, former owner, Detroit Pistons
  • Dan Gilbert, owner, Cleveland Cavaliers
  • Peter Guber, owner of Golden State Warriors, with Joe Lacob
  • George Kaiser, owner, Oklahoma City Thunder
  • Herb Kohl, owner, Milwaukee Bucks
  • Joe Lacob, owner of Golden State Warriors, with Peter Guber
  • Mikhail Prokhorov, owner of Brooklyn Nets, with Bruce Ratner
  • Jerry Reinsdorf, owner, Chicago Bulls
  • Antony Ressler, owner, Atlanta Hawks
  • Robert Sarver, owner, Phoenix Suns
  • Howard Schultz, former Seattle SuperSonics and Seattle Storm owner; Chairman and CEO of Starbucks
  • Adam Silver, current NBA commissioner
  • Herb Simon, owner, Indiana Pacers
  • Mel Simon, former co-owner, Indiana Pacers
  • Donald Sterling, former owner, Los Angeles Clippers
  • David Stern, former NBA commissioner
  • Larry Weinberg, former owner, Portland Trail Blazers

    • Boxing

  • Ray Arcel, trainer, HoF
  • Bob Arum, promoter, HoF
  • Abe Attell, world featherweight champion, HoF
  • Max Baer, world heavyweight champion, HoF
  • Benny Bass, world featherweight champion, HoF
  • Samuel Berger, first Olympic heavyweight champion
  • Jack Bernstein, world junior lightweight champion
  • Mushy Callahan, world junior-welterweight champion, HoF
  • Joe Choynski, heavyweight fighter, HoF
  • Al "Bummy" Davis, "The Brownsville Bum"; controversial lightweight and welterweight boxer of the 1930s and 1940s
  • Yuri Foreman, former super welterweight champion
  • Benny Goldberg, bantamweight amateur turned pro
  • Charley Goldman, trainer, HoF
  • Abe Goldstein, world bantamweight champion
  • Ronnie Harris, three-time U.S. National Lightweight Champion; gold medalist in Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics
  • Mike Jacobs, promoter, HoF
  • Ben Jeby, world middleweight champion
  • Jackie Kallen, promoter
  • Kid Kaplan, world featherweight champion, HoF
  • Solly Krieger, world middleweight champion
  • Herbie Kronowitz, middleweight champion, ranked tenth in the world in the 1940s, native of Brooklyn, New York, later a boxing referee
  • Benny Leonard, world lightweight champion, HoF
  • Battling Levinsky, world light-heavyweight champion, HoF
  • Ted "Kid" Lewis, world welterweight champion, HoF
  • Greg Lobel, heavyweight
  • Saoul Mamby, world junior-welterweight champion
  • Al McCoy, world welterweight champion
  • Boyd Melson, 2008 Olympic alternate and current professional junior middleweight boxer; donates 100% of his fight purses to spinal cord injury research
  • Samuel Mosberg, Olympic light-heavyweight gold medalist at the 1920 Olympics where he scored the quickest knock-out in history
  • Bob Olin, world light-heavyweight champion
  • Charlie Phil Rosenberg, world bantamweight champion
  • Dana Rosenblatt, world middleweight champion
  • Maxie Rosenbloom, world light-heavyweight champion, HoF
  • Barney Ross, world lightweight and welterweight champion, HoF
  • Mike Rossman, world light-heavyweight champion
  • Dmitriy Salita, Brooklyn boxer, born April 4, 1982
  • Corporal Izzy Schwartz, world flyweight champion
  • Abe Simon, last Jewish contender for world heavyweight title
  • Al Singer, world lightweight champion, HoF
  • Lew Tendler, "greatest southpaw in ring history", HoF
  • Benny Valger, nicknamed "The French Flash"

    • Fencing

  • Norman Armitage, fencer; ten-time US sabre champion
  • Albert Axelrod, fencer; four-time US foil champion, and Olympic bronze medalist
  • Cliff Bayer, fencer; four-time US foil champion
  • Tamir Bloom, fencer; two-time US epee champion
  • Daniel Bukantz, fencer; four-time US foil champion; gold medalist in 1950 Maccabiah Games
  • Emily Jacobson, fencer; 2004 Women's World Sabre Junior Champion
  • Sada Jacobson, fencer; Olympic bronze medalist; ranked #1 in the world in 2004
  • Dan Kellner, fencer; one-time US foil champion
  • Allan Kwartler, fencer; gold medalist in the Pan American Games (sabre) and Maccabiah Games (sabre and foil)
  • Helene Mayer, fencer; four-time Women's World Foil Champion; 8-time US champion; and Olympic gold and silver medalist
  • Jonathan Tiomkin, fencer; two-time US foil champion
  • George Worth, fencer; one-time US sabre champion; Olympic bronze and silver medalist

    • Players

  • Doc Alexander, g, All-Pro, College Football Hall of Fame (CFHoF)
  • Lyle Alzado, DE, two-time All-Pro
  • Harris Barton, OL, two-time All-Pro
  • Alex Bernstein, OL
  • David Binn, long snapper, San Diego Chargers
  • Jeremy Bloom, WR, PR
  • Matt Bloom, g, T
  • Arthur Bluethenthal, C
  • Greg Camarillo, WR, Minnesota Vikings
  • Gabe Carimi, OT, Chicago Bears
  • Irv Constantine, US, B, Staten Island Stapletons
  • Julian Edelman, US, WR, New England Patriots
  • Jay Fiedler, QB
  • John Frank, TE
  • Benny Friedman, QB, four-time All-Pro, Hall of Fame, CFHoF
  • Lennie Friedman, OL, Cleveland Browns
  • Antonio Garay, DT, San Diego Chargers
  • Adam Goldberg, OG, St. Louis Rams
  • Bill Goldberg, DT
  • Marshall Goldberg, RB, All-Pro, CFHoF
  • Charles "Buckets" Goldenberg, G and RB, All-Pro
  • Randy Grossman, TE, Pittsburgh Steelers
  • Phil Handler, G, three-time All-Pro
  • Sigmund Harris, QB
  • Mark Herzlich, LB, New York Giants
  • Andrew Kline, OG
  • Kyle Kosier, G, Dallas Cowboys
  • Len Levy, G
  • Benny Lom
  • Erik Lorig, FB/TE, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  • Sid Luckman, QB, 8-time All-Pro, Hall of Fame, CFHoF
  • Taylor Mays, S, Cincinnati Bengals
  • Justin McCullum, WR
  • Sam McCullum, WR
  • Josh Miller, punter
  • Ron Mix, OT, nine-time All-Pro, Hall of Fame
  • Ed Newman, G, All-Pro
  • Harry Newman, QB, All-Pro
  • Igor Olshansky, DE
  • Adam Podlesh, punter
  • Merv Pregulman, T and C
  • Herb Rich, safety, All-Pro
  • Sage Rosenfels, QB, New York Giants
  • Mike Rosenthal, OT
  • Jack Sack, All-Pro
  • Geoff Schwartz, OT, New York Giants
  • Mike Seidman, TE, Indianapolis Colts
  • Allie Sherman, running back and coach
  • Saul "Solly" Sherman, Chicago Bears, QB, 1939 and 1940
  • Scott Slutzker, TE
  • Josh Taves, DE
  • Andre Tippett, LB, five-time All Pro, Hall of Fame
  • Alan Veingrad, OL
  • Gary Wood, New York Giants QB

    • Coaches

  • Jedd Fisch, current offensive coordinator of the Jacksonville Jaguars
  • Sid Gillman, coach, PFHoF, CFHoF
  • Phil Handler, former head coach of the Chicago Cardinals
  • Tony Levine, current head coach of the Houston Cougars
  • Marv Levy, coach, PFHoF
  • Allie Sherman, former head coach of the New York Giants
  • Marc Trestman, former head coach of the Chicago Bears

    • Executives

  • Arthur Blank, NFL franchise owner, Atlanta Falcons
  • Al Davis, NFL franchise owner, Oakland Raiders (1966–2011)
  • Malcolm Glazer, NFL franchise owner, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  • Gene Klein, NFL franchise owner, San Diego Chargers (1966–1984)
  • Robert Kraft, NFL franchise owner, New England Patriots
  • Randy Lerner, NFL franchise owner, Cleveland Browns (2002–2012)
  • Jeffrey Lurie, NFL franchise owner, Philadelphia Eagles (1995–present)
  • Art Modell, NFL franchise owner, Cleveland Browns (1961–1995), and Baltimore Ravens (1995–2004)
  • Carroll Rosenbloom, NFL franchise owner, Baltimore Colts (1953–1972), and Los Angeles Rams (1972–1979)
  • Stephen M. Ross, NFL Franchise owner, Miami Dolphins
  • Daniel Snyder, NFL franchise owner, Washington Redskins
  • Steve Tisch, NFL franchise owners, New York Giants
  • Sonny Werblin, NFL franchise owner, New York Jets (1965–1968)
  • Zygi Wilf, NFL franchise owner, Minnesota Vikings

    • Golf

  • Amy Alcott, LPGA Tour
  • Herman Barron, PGA Tour
  • Bruce Fleisher, PGA Tour
  • Jonathan Kaye, PGA Tour
  • David Lipsky, golfer
  • Corey Pavin, Champions Tour (converted to Christianity)
  • Morgan Pressel, LPGA Tour
  • Monte Scheinblum, 1992 US and World Long Drive Champion

    • Ice hockey

  • Mike Brown, right wing (San Jose Sharks)
  • Corey Crawford, goaltender (Chicago Blackhawks)
  • Sara DeCosta, goaltender (US national team)
  • Jeff Halpern, center (Phoenix Coyotes)
  • Mike Hartman, left wing (NHL)
  • Evan Kaufmann, forward (Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers)
  • Eric Nystrom, left wing (Dallas Stars)
  • Dylan Reese, defenseman (Amur Khabarovsk)
  • Mathieu Schneider, defenseman (NHL)
  • Jason Zucker, left wing (Minnesota Wild)

    • Motor sports

  • Kenny Bernstein, drag racer
  • Paul Newman, auto racer and team owner
  • Peter Revson, F1 racer
  • Mauri Rose, Indy 500 racer
  • Jody Scheckter, South African Formula 1 racer

    • Power sports

  • Isaac Berger, Olympic weightlifter (1g2s)
  • Matt Bloom, professional wrestler
  • Colt Cabana, professional wrestler
  • Abe Coleman, professional wrestler
  • Bill Goldberg, professional wrestler
  • Kelly Kelly (Barbie Blank), professional wrestler
  • Butch Levy, professional wrestler
  • Scott Levy, professional wrestler
  • Dean Malenko, professional wrestler
  • Lanny Poffo, professional wrestler
  • Randy Savage, professional wrestler
  • Izzy Slapawitz, professional wrestler and manager
  • Henry Wittenberg, Olympic wrestler (1g1s)

    • Rugby union

  • Samuel Goodman, manager of the gold winning US Olympic rugby, 1920, 1924.
  • Shawn Lipman
  • Zack Test

    • Skating

  • Benjamin Agosto, ice dancer
  • Judy Blumberg, US ice dancer, World Championship three-time bronze
  • Cindy Bortz, figure skater, World Junior Champion
  • Sasha Cohen, figure skater, reigning US Figure Skating Champion and Olympic silver
  • Amber Corwin, figure skater
  • Loren Galler-Rabinowitz, ice dancer, competes with partner David Mitchell; US Championships bronze
  • Melissa Gregory, figure skater, ice dancer with Denis Petukhov, US Championships three silvers, two bronze
  • Emily Hughes, figure skater, World Junior Figure Skating Championships bronze, US Championships bronze, silver
  • Sarah Hughes, figure skater, Olympic gold, World Championship bronze
  • Ronald Joseph, figure skater, US Junior Champion, US Championships gold, two-time silver, and bronze, World Championship silver, bronze
  • Vivian Joseph, figure skater, US Junior Champion, US Championships gold, two-time silver, and bronze, World Championship silver, bronze
  • Michael Seibert, ice dancer, US Figure Skating Championships five-time gold, World Figure Skating Championships three-time bronze
  • Jamie Silverstein, figure skater, ice dancer with Ryan O'Meara, US Championships bronze
  • Irina Slutskaya

    • Soccer (association football)

  • Ryan Adeleye, US/Israel, defender (Hapoel Be'er Sheva)
  • Jeff Agoos, defender (national team)
  • Al Albert, college soccer coach
  • Kyle Altman, former defender
  • Yael Averbuch, midfielder (Sky Blue FC and women's national team)
  • Rhett Bernstein, defender
  • Jonathan Bornstein, left back/midfielder (UANL and national team)
  • Dan Calichman, defender
  • Benny Feilhaber, Brazil/US center/attacking midfielder (AGF Aarhus and US national team)
  • Don Garber, commissioner
  • Avram Glazer, co-chairman, Manchester United
  • Joel Glazer, co-chairman, Manchester United
  • Malcolm Glazer, owner, Manchester United
  • Eddy Hamel, right winger (AFC Ajax; was killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz)
  • Shep Messing, goalkeeper (national team), manager, and sportscaster
  • Charlie Reiter, forward (Richmond Kickers)
  • Dave Sarachan, forward
  • Sara Whalen, defender/forward, Olympic silver
  • Ethan Zohn

    • Swimming

  • Tiffany Cohen, Olympic swimmer (2g; 400-meter and 800-meter freestyle)
  • Anthony Ervin, Olympic swimmer (3g1s)
  • Scott Goldblatt, US Olympic champion (4X200 freestyle relay), silver (800 m. freestyle relay)
  • Lenny Krayzelburg, Olympic swimmer (4g)
  • Dan Kutler, US-born Israeli
  • Jason Lezak, Olympic swimmer (4g1s2b)
  • Marilyn Ramenofsky, US Olympic silver (400-meter freestyle)
  • Keena Rothhammer, Olympic swimmer (1g1b)
  • Albert Schwartz, US Olympic bronze (100-meter freestyle)
  • Mark Spitz (1950–), Olympic swimmer (9g1s1b),
  • Dara Torres, Olympic swimmer (4g4s4b)
  • Garrett Weber-Gale, Olympic swimmer (2g)
  • Wendy Weinberg, US Olympic bronze (800-meter freestyle)
  • Ben Wildman-Tobriner, Olympic swimmer (1g)

    • Tennis and racquet sports

  • Jay Berger, tennis player; USTA boys' 18s singles champion, highest world ranking #7; coach
  • Audra Cohen, 2007 NCAA Women's Singles Champion
  • Julia Cohen, USTA girls' 12s and 18s singles champion
  • Herbert Flam, two-time USTA boys' 18s singles champion, highest world ranking #5
  • Zack Fleishman, tennis player
  • Brad Gilbert, tennis player; highest world ranking #4, Olympic bronze (singles); coach
  • Justin Gimelstob, tennis player; USTA boys' 16s and 18s singles champion, won 1998 Australian Open Mixed Doubles (with Venus Williams) and 1998 French Open Mixed Doubles (with Venus Williams)
  • Paul Goldstein, tennis player; USTA boys' 16s and two-time 18s singles champion
  • Brian Gottfried, tennis player; USTA boys' 12s and two-time 18s singles champion, won 1975 and 1977 French Open Men's Doubles (with Raúl Ramírez), and 1976 Wimbledon Men's Doubles (with Ramirez), highest world ranking #3
  • Jim Grabb, doubles tennis player; won 1989 French Open Men's Doubles (with Richey Reneberg) and 1992 US Open Men's Doubles (with Patrick McEnroe), highest world doubles ranking #1
  • Julie Heldman, US girls' 15s and 18s singles champion, highest world ranking #5
  • Marty Hogan, racquetball player
  • Anita Kanter, US girls' 18s singles champion
  • Aaron Krickstein, tennis player; USTA boys' 16s and 18s singles champion, highest world ranking #6
  • Steve Krulevitz, tennis player; Maccabbi Champion
  • Jesse Levine, tennis player
  • Victor Niederhoffer, squash player; won 1951 Wimbledon Men's Singles, highest world ranking #2
  • Wayne Odesnik
  • Shahar Pe'er, tennis player; currently the #34 women's player in the world
  • Richard Savitt, tennis player
  • Dudi Sela, tennis player on the ATP world tour, ranked #108 in the world for men
  • Julius Seligson, two-time boys' 18s singles champion
  • Harold Solomon, tennis player; US boys' 18s singles champion, highest world ranking #5
  • Brian Teacher, US boys' 18s singles champion, won 1980 Australian Open Singles, highest world ranking #7
  • Eliot Teltscher, won 1983 French Open Mixed Doubles (with Barbara Jordan), highest world ranking #6

    • Track and field

    Harold Abrahams 100 meter gold medalist, 1924 Olympic Games

  • Gerry Ashworth, world record holder in 100 yards, 100 meters; 1964 Olympic track athlete-gold medal
  • Louis Clarke, Olympic gold medal, 4X100-meter relay
  • Lillian Copeland, 1932 Olympic gold medalist in the discus
  • Daniel Frank, long jump, Olympic silver medal
  • Hugo Friend, long jump, Olympic bronze medal
  • James Fuchs, shot put, Olympic bronze medal
  • Marty Glickman, sprinter; gridiron (American football) player and sportscaster
  • Milton Green, world record holder in the high hurdles in the 1930s; 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
  • Clare Jacobs, bronze medal, Olympic pole vault
  • Deena Kastor, Olympic bronze medalist in marathon 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens; long-distance runner
  • Abel Kiviat, middle-distance runner
  • Margaret Bergmann Lambert, US Champion in high jump, 1937–38, and shotput, 1938; subject of HBO documentary Hitler's Pawn
  • Alvah Meyer, silver medal, 100 meter dash, 1912 Olympics
  • Myer Prinstein, Olympic jumper (4g1s)
  • Steve Seymour, javelin throw, Olympic silver medal

    • Horse racing

  • Barry Abrams, trainer
  • Walter Blum, Hall of Fame jockey
  • David Cohen, jockey
  • Robert J. Frankel, Hall of Fame trainer
  • Willie Harmatz, jockey
  • John Hertz, owner and breeder
  • Max Hirsch, Hall of Fame trainer
  • William J. Hirsch, Hall of Fame trainer
  • David Hofmans, trainer
  • Hirsch Jacobs, Hall of Fame trainer
  • Bruce N. Levine, trainer
  • Walter Miller, Hall of Fame jockey
  • David G. Rothstein, owner
  • Howard M. Tesher, trainer
  • Martin D. Wolfson, trainer

    • Miscellaneous sports

  • Marv Albert, NBA announcer, New York Knicks, NBA on NBC, NBA on TNT, New Jersey Nets
  • Jeremy Bloom, Olympic freestyle skier; model; NFL player
  • Walter Blum, jockey
  • Sidney Franklin, bullfighter
  • Mitch Gaylord, gymnast
  • Alan Gelfand, skateboarder, inventor of the ollie
  • Martin "Marty" Glickman, track and field athlete and sports announcer
  • Vic Hershkowitz, handball champion
  • Marshall Holman, bowling champion
  • Matthew Lerman, D1 men's lacrosse goalie (Syracuse University)
  • Jordan Levine, lacrosse player
  • Johnny Most, NBA announcer, Boston Celtics
  • Bruce Pasternack, former President and CEO of Special Olympics International.
  • Mark Roth, bowling champion
  • Louis O. Schwartz, President, American Sportscasters Association (ASA); founder, ASA Hall of Fame; Editor, ASA Insiders Sportsletter; former President, Finger Lakes Broadcasting Corp.
  • Aly Raisman, gymnast; six-time Olympic medalist; three-time Olympic gold medalist
  • Kerri Strug, gymnast
  • Shaun Tomson, surfer

    • References

    List of Jewish American sportspeople Wikipedia
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