International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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Not to be confused with National Jewish Museum Sports Hall of Fame.
The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame was opened July 7, 1981, in Netanya, Israel. It is located on the campus of the Wingate Institute for Physical Education and Sport. It has inducted over 300 athletes and sportspersons representing over 20 countries.[1] The Hall elects new honorees each year, with submissions due December 1st for votes for the following year. It honors Jewish athletes who have accomplished great things from anywhere around the world.
The Hall was founded by Joseph M. Siegman, a television producer and writer who lives in Beverly Hills, California.[2] He chaired the Hall from 1981 to 1989, and later served as Chairman of its Selection Committee.
The IJSHoF is separate from the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, an American hall of fame that honors only American Jews.
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[edit] Inductees
| Name | Country | Field | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Abrahams |  Great Britain |
Track & Field | 1981 |
| Jesse Abramson |  USA |
Media | 1995 |
| Amy Alcott | USA |
Golf | 2000 |
| Joe Alexander | USA |
Football | 1985 |
| Mel Allen | USA |
Media | 1980 |
| Ray Arcel | USA |
Boxing | 1992 |
| Gerald Ashworth | USA |
Track & Field | 2001 |
| Abe Attell | USA |
Boxing | 1983 |
| Arnold "Red" Auerbach | USA |
Basketball | 1979 |
| Albert Axelrod | USA |
Fencing | 1993 |
| Arthur Baar |  Austria |
Soccer | 1982 |
| Aron "Ali" Bacher |  South Africa |
Cricket | 1991 |
| William Bachrach | USA |
Swimming coach | 1994 |
| Sam Balter | USA |
Basketball/Media | 1994 |
| Viktor Barna |  Hungary Great Britain |
Table Tennis | 1981 |
| Herman Barron | USA |
Golf | 1993 |
| István Barta | Hungary |
Waterpolo | 1998 |
| Benny Bass | USA |
Boxing | 1994 |
| Doug Beal | USA |
Volleyball | 2001 |
| Adriana Behar |  Brazil |
Beach Volleyball | 2006 |
| Laszlo Bellak | Hungary |
Table Tennis | 1995 |
| Carina Benninga |  Netherlands |
Field Hockey | 2000 |
| Senda Berenson | USA |
Basketball | 1987 |
| Jackie "Kid" Berg | Great Britain |
Boxing | 1993 |
| Isaac Berger | USA |
Weightlifting | 1980 |
| Samuel Berger | USA |
Boxing | 1985 |
| Richard Bergmann | Austria |
Table Tennis | 1982 |
| Ira Berkow | USA |
Media | 2006 |
| Jack Bernstein | USA |
Boxing | 2000 |
| Kenny Bernstein | USA |
Auto Racing | 2006 |
| Arthur Bluethenthal | USA |
Football | 1997 |
| Walter Blum | USA |
Horse Racing | 1991 |
| Gyorgy Brody | Hungary |
Water Polo | 1982 |
| Tal Brody |  Israel |
Basketball | 1996 |
| Larry Brown | USA |
Basketball | 1990 |
| Si Burick | USA |
Media | 2000 |
| Angela Buxton | Great Britain |
Tennis | 1981 |
| Alain Calmat |  France |
Figure Skating | 1987 |
| Zefania Carmel | Israel |
Yachting | 1982 |
| Joe Choynski | USA |
Boxing | 1991 |
| Robert Cohen |  Algeria |
Boxing | 1988 |
| Lillian Copeland | USA |
Track & Field | 1979 |
| Howard Cosell | USA |
Media | 1993 |
| Dan Daniel | USA |
Media | 1996 |
| Harry Danning | USA |
Baseball | 2000 |
| Pierre Darmon | France |
Tennis | 1997 |
| Massimo Della Pergola |  Italy |
Official/Media | 1989 |
| Umberto De Morpurgo | Italy |
Tennis | 1993 |
| Barney Dreyfuss | USA |
Baseball | 1979 |
| Dutch Olympians, 1928 | Netherlands |
Gymnastics | 1997 |
| Al Munro Elias | USA |
Media | 2003 |
| Nikolay Epshteen |  Russia |
Ice Hockey | 2001 |
| Charlotte Epstein | USA |
Swimming | 1982 |
| Laszlo Fabian | Hungary |
Canoeing | 1996 |
| Jackie Fields | USA |
Boxing | 1979 |
| Red Fisher |  Canada |
Media | 1999 |
| Herbert Flam | USA |
Tennis | 1992 |
| Alfred Flatow |  Germany |
Gymnastics | 1981 |
| Gustav Flatow | Germany |
Gymnastics | 1989 |
| Nat Fleischer | USA |
Media | 1985 |
| Gal Fridman | Israel |
Sailing | 2005 |
| Benny Friedman | USA |
Football | 1979 |
| Max Friedman | USA |
Basketball | 1994 |
| Jenő Fuchs | Hungary |
Fencing | 1982 |
| Tamas Gabor | Hungary |
Fencing | 1996 |
| Janos Garay | Hungary |
Fencing | 1990 |
| Mitch Gaylord | USA |
Gymnastics | 1988 |
| Aaron "Okey" Geffen | South Africa |
Rugby Union | 1998 |
| Dr. Oszkár Gerde | Hungary |
Fencing | 1989 |
| Sid Gillman | USA |
Football | 1991 |
| Marty Glickman | USA |
Media | 1996 |
| Sir Arthur A. Gold | Great Britain |
Contributor | 1987 |
| Marshall Goldberg | USA |
Football | 1980 |
| Charles "Buckets" Goldenberg | USA |
Football | 1993 |
| Israel Charley Goldman | USA |
Boxing | 1999 |
| Reuven "Ruby" Goldstein | USA |
Boxing | 1995 |
| Sándor Gombos | Hungary |
Fencing | 1997 |
| Aleksandr Gomelsky |  USSR |
Basketball | 1981 |
| Maria Gorokhovskaya | USSR |
Gymnastics | 1991 |
| Brian Gottfried | USA |
Tennis | 1999 |
| Eddie Gottlieb | USA |
Basketball | 1980 |
| Milton Green | USA |
Track & Field | 1997 |
| Al Greenberg | USA |
Media | 1993 |
| Hank Greenberg | USA |
Baseball | 1979 |
| Bud Greenspan | USA |
Media | 1995 |
| Abie Grossfeld | USA |
Gymnastics | 1992 |
| Gary Gubner | USA |
Track & Field | 2001 |
| George Gulack | USA |
Gymnastics | 1984 |
| Boris Me. Gurevich | USSR |
Wrestling | 1987 |
| Boris Mi. Gurevich | USSR |
Wrestling | 1982 |
| Bela Guttmann | Hungary |
Soccer | 1981 |
| Sir Ludwig Guttmann | Germany Great Britain |
Contributor | 1981 |
| Alfred Hajos-Guttmann | Hungary |
Swimming | 1981 |
| Hakoah-Vienna | Austria |
Soccer | 1982 |
| Alphonse Halimi | France ( Algeria) |
Boxing | 1989 |
| Sidney Halter | USA |
Football | 2006 |
| Willie Harmatz | USA |
Horse Racing | 1999 |
| Johan Harmenberg |  Sweden |
Fencing | 1997 |
| Harry Harris | USA |
Boxing | 1996 |
| Sigmund Harris | USA |
Football | 1994 |
| Cecil Hart | Canada |
Ice Hockey | 1992 |
| Lew Hayman | Canada |
Football | 2004 |
| Ladislav Hecht |  Czech Republic |
Tennis | 2005 |
| Gladys Heldman | USA |
Tennis/Media | 1989 |
| Julie Heldman | USA |
Tennis | 2001 |
| Ben Helfgott | Great Britain |
Weightlifting | 1995 |
| Lilli Henoch | Germany |
Track & Field | 1990 |
| Otto Herschmann | Austria |
Swimming | 1989 |
| Victor Hershkowitz | USA |
Handball | 1991 |
| Nikolaus Hirschl | Austria |
Wrestling | 1993 |
| Marty Hogan | USA |
Racquetball | 1996 |
| Marshall Holman | USA |
Tenpin Bowling | 2006 |
| Nat Holman | USA |
Basketball | 1979 |
| Jerome Holtzman | USA |
Media | 2005 |
| Ken Holtzman | USA |
Baseball | 1995 |
| William "Red" Holzman | USA |
Basketball | 1988 |
| Sarah Hughes | USA |
Figure Skating | 2005 |
| Maria Leontyana Itkina | USSR |
Track & Field | 1991 |
| Joe Jacobi | USA |
Canoeing | 2005 |
| Hirsch Jacobs | USA |
Horse Racing | 1979 |
| Jimmy Jacobs | USA |
Handball | 1979 |
| Irving Jaffee | USA |
Speed Skating | 1979 |
| Allan Jay | Great Britain |
Fencing | 1985 |
| Endre Kabos | Hungary |
Fencing | 1986 |
| Hank Kaplan | USA |
Media | 2004 |
| Louis "Kid" Kaplan | USA |
Boxing | 1986 |
| Karoly Karpati | Hungary |
Wrestling | 1994 |
| Gennadi Karponosov | Russia |
Figure Skating | 2001 |
| Max Kase | USA |
Media | 1986 |
| Elias Katz |  Finland |
Track & Field | 1981 |
| Agnes Keleti | Hungary |
Gymnastics | 1981 |
| Abel Kiviat | USA |
Track & Field | 1984 |
| Traute Kleinova |  Czechoslovakia |
Table Tennis | 1994 |
| Bela Komjadi | Hungary |
Water Polo | 1992 |
| Suzy Körmöczy | Hungary |
Tennis | 2007 |
| Sandy Koufax | USA |
Baseball | 1979 |
| Lenny Krayzelburg | USA |
Swimming | 2005 |
| Solly Krieger | USA |
Boxing | 1997 |
| Grigori Kriss | USSR |
Fencing | 1989 |
| Lily Kronberger | Hungary |
Figure Skating | 1983 |
| Henry Laskau | USA |
Track & Field | 1996 |
| Lydia Lazarov | Israel |
Yachting | 1982 |
| Benny Leonard | USA |
Boxing | 1979 |
| Battling Levinsky | USA |
Boxing | 1982 |
| Edward L. Levy | Great Britain |
Weightlifting | 1988 |
| Marv Levy | USA |
Football | 1998 |
| Harry Lewis | USA |
Boxing | 2002 |
| Ted "Kid" Lewis | Great Britain |
Boxing | 1983 |
| Jason Lezak | USA |
Swimming | 2006 |
| Nancy Lieberman-Cline | USA |
Basketball | 2007 |
| A.J. Liebling | USA |
Media | 1998 |
| Mort Lindsey | USA |
Bowling | 1997 |
| Alexandre Lippmann | France |
Fencing | 1984 |
| Harry Litwack | USA |
Basketball | 1980 |
| Benny Lom | USA |
Football | 1996 |
| Sid Luckman | USA |
Football | 1979 |
| Tatiana Lysenko |  Ukraine |
Gymnastics | 2002 |
| Joseph Magidsohn | USA |
Football | 1999 |
| Gyula Mandl | Hungary |
Soccer | 1982 |
| Walentin Mankin | USSR |
Yachting | 1987 |
| Al McCoy | USA |
Boxing | 1989 |
| Hugo Meisl | Austria |
Soccer | 1981 |
| Willy Meisl | Germany Great Britain |
Media | 1986 |
| Faina Melnik | USSR |
Track & Field | 1984 |
| Daniel Mendoza | Great Britain |
Boxing | 1981 |
| Dr. Ferenc Mezo | Hungary |
Contributor | 1986 |
| Mark Midler | USSR |
Fencing | 1983 |
| Walter Miller | USA |
Horse Racing | 1983 |
| Ron Mix | USA |
Football | 1980 |
| Ivor Montagu | Great Britain |
Table Tennis | 1984 |
| Samuel Mosberg | USA |
Boxing | 1985 |
| Armand Mouyal | France |
Fencing | 1988 |
| Charles "Buddy" Myer | USA |
Baseball | 1992 |
| Lon Myers | USA |
Track & Field | 1980 |
| Barney Nagler | USA |
Media | 1992 |
| Alfred Nakache | France |
Swimming | 1993 |
| Paul Neumann | Austria |
Swimming | 1984 |
| Edward Newman | USA |
Football | 1995 |
| Harry Newman | USA |
Football | 1992 |
| Tzvi Nishri | Israel |
Contributor | 1981 |
| Sidney Nomis | South Africa |
Rugby Union | 1999 |
| Grigori Novak | USSR |
Weightlifting | 1985 |
| Fred Oberlander | Canada |
Wrestling | 1991 |
| Tom Okker | Netherlands |
Tennis | 2003 |
| Ben Olan | USA |
Media | 1994 |
| Murray Olderman | USA |
Media | 1997 |
| Ivan Osiier |  Denmark |
Fencing | 1986 |
| Victor "Young" Perez |  Tunisia |
Boxing | 1986 |
| Attila Petschauer | Hungary |
Fencing | 1985 |
| Sphas Philadelphia | USA |
Basketball | 1996 |
| Lipman Pike | USA |
Baseball | 1985 |
| Maurice Podoloff | USA |
Basketball | 1989 |
| Shirley Povich | USA |
Media | 1992 |
| Daniel Prenn | Germany |
Tennis | 1981 |
| Myer Prinstein | USA |
Track & Field | 1982 |
| Bela Rajki-Reich | Hungary |
Water Polo | 2000 |
| Mark Rakita | USSR |
Fencing | 1988 |
| Marilyn Ramenofsky | USA |
Swimming | 1988 |
| Mauri Rose | USA |
Auto Racing | 2007 |
| Mel Rosen | USA |
Track & Field | 2004 |
| Al Rosen | USA |
Baseball | 1980 |
| Harry "Coon" Rosen | USA |
Softball | 1993 |
| Allen Rosenberg | USA |
Rowing | 1994 |
| Charlie Rosenberg | USA |
Boxing | 1990 |
| Wilf Rosenberg | South Africa |
Rugby Union | 1994 |
| Maxie Rosenbloom | USA |
Boxing | 1984 |
| Leonard Rosenbluth | USA |
Basketball | 2003 |
| Albert Rosenfeld |  Australia |
Rugby League | 2006 |
| Fanny Rosenfeld | Canada |
Track & Field | 1982 |
| Barney Ross | USA |
Boxing | 1979 |
| Victor Ross | USA |
Lacrosse | 1995 |
| Mark Roth | USA |
Bowling | 1992 |
| Emilia Rotter | Hungary |
Figure Skating | 1995 |
| Leon Rottman |  Romania |
Canoeing | 1981 |
| Angelica Rozeanu | Romania |
Table Tennis | 1981 |
| Louis Rubenstein | Canada |
Figure Skating | 1981 |
| Mendy Rudolph | USA |
Basketball | 1989 |
| Ed Sabol | USA |
Media | 1996 |
| Abe Saperstein | USA |
Basketball | 1979 |
| Miklos Sarkany | Hungary |
Water Polo | 1990 |
| Richard Savitt | USA |
Tennis | 1979 |
| Dick Schaap | USA |
Media | 2004 |
| Dolph Schayes | USA |
Basketball | 1979 |
| Jody Scheckter | South Africa |
Auto Racing | 1983 |
| Corporal Isidore Schwartz | USA |
Boxing | 1998 |
| Barney Sedran | USA |
Basketball | 1989 |
| Eugene Selznick | USA |
Volleyball | 2002 |
| Sergei Sharikov | Russia |
Fencing | 2003 |
| Yelena Shushunova | USSR |
Gymnastics | 2005 |
| Al Singer | USA |
Boxing | 2006 |
| Anna Sipos | Hungary |
Table Tennis | 1996 |
| Harold Solomon | USA |
Tennis | 2004 |
| Jack Solomons | Great Britain |
Boxing | 2004 |
| Moe Spahn | USA |
Basketball | 1993 |
| Frank Spellman | USA |
Weightlifting | 1983 |
| Don Spero | USA |
Rowing | 1993 |
| Mark Spitz | USA |
Swimming | 1979 |
| Bill Stern | USA |
Media | 2001 |
| David Stern | USA |
Basketball | 1998 |
| Georges Stern | France |
Horse Racing | 1993 |
| Steve Stone | USA |
Baseball | 2004 |
| Kerri Strug | USA |
Gymnastics | 2000 |
| Miklos Szabados | Hungary |
Table Tennis | 1987 |
| Eva Szekely | Hungary |
Swimming | 1981 |
| Gyorgy Szepsi-Friedlander | Hungary |
Media | 1998 |
| Irena Szewińska (née Kirszenstein) |  Poland |
Track & Field | 1981 |
| Sid Tanenbaum | USA |
Basketball | 1997 |
| Sam Taub | USA |
Media | 1993 |
| Lew Tendler | USA |
Boxing | 1992 |
| Leah Thall-Neuberger | USA |
Table Tennis | 1999 |
| David "Pep" Tobey | USA |
Basketball | 1995 |
| Allen Tolmich | USA |
Track & Field | 2002 |
| Shaun Tomson | South Africa |
Surfing | 1995 |
| Dara Torres | USA |
Swimming | 2005 |
| Eduard Vinokurov |  Kazakhstan |
Fencing | 2007 |
| Richard Weisz | Hungary |
Wrestling | 1983 |
| Matt Wells | Great Britain |
Boxing | 2007 |
| Sylvia Wene | USA |
Bowling | 1979 |
| Lajos Werkner | Hungary |
Fencing | 1999 |
| Henry Wittenberg | USA |
Wrestling | 1979 |
| Chagai Zamir | Israel |
Volleyball | 1998 |
| Max Zaslofsky | USA |
Basketball | 1983 |
[edit] Pillar of Achievement
| Name | Country | Field | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jehoshua Alouf | Israel |
Official/Administrator | 1981 |
| Robert Atlasz | Israel |
Official/Administrator | 1986 |
| Baruch Bagg | Israel |
Official/Administrator | 1981 |
| Moe Berg | USA |
Baseball/Patriot | 1983 |
| Gretel Bergmann | Germany |
Track & Field | 1980 |
| Dr. Richard Blum | Germany |
Official/Administrator | 1983 |
| Alfred Brull | Hungary |
Official/Administrator | 1995 |
| John Brunswick | USA |
Bowling | 1996 |
| Daniel Bukantz | USA |
Official/Administrator | 2001 |
| Haskell Cohen | USA |
Official/Media | 1991 |
| Judith Deutsch | Austria |
Swimming | 1981 |
| Lajos Domeny-Deutsch | Hungary |
Official/Administrator | 1995 |
| Leo Donath | Hungary |
Swimming | 1999 |
| Leone Efrati | Italy |
Boxing | 2000 |
| Al Munro Elias | USA |
Media | 2003 |
| Ian Froman | South Africa |
Tennis | 1991 |
| Harry L. Getz | South Africa |
Official/Administrator | 1985 |
| Emmanuel Gill | Israel |
Official/Administrator | 1983 |
| Harry Glickman | USA |
Official/Administrator | 1995 |
| Chaim Glovinsky | Israel |
Official/Administrator | 1982 |
| Julius Goldman | Canada |
Basketball | 1999 |
| Kenneth Gradon | Great Britain |
Official/Administrator | 2002 |
| Pierre Guildesgame | Great Britain |
Official/Administrator | 1985 |
| Lester Harrison | USA |
Basketball | 1991 |
| Sidney Halter | Canada |
2005 | |
| Harry Henshel | USA |
Official/Administrator | 1983 |
| Joseph Inbar | Israel |
Official/Administrator | 1989 |
| Mike Jacobs | USA |
Boxing | 1993 |
| Henry Kaplan | USA |
Boxing | 2004 |
| Fernec Kemeny | Hungary |
Official/Administrator | 1996 |
| Kurt Lamm | USA |
Soccer | 1993 |
| Harold Landesberg | USA |
Official/Administrator | 1983 |
| Fred Lebow | USA |
Official/Administrator | 1994 |
| Dr. Herman Leweller | USA |
Official/Administrator | 1987 |
| Bill Lippy | USA |
Official/Administrator | 1997 |
| Marvin Miller | USA |
Official/Administrator | 2001 |
| Charles Ornstein | USA |
Official/Administrator | 1984 |
| Bernard Postal | USA |
Media | 1986 |
| Julia Jones Pugliese | USA |
Fencing | 2002 |
| Jimmie Reese | USA |
Baseball | 1995 |
| Dick Schaap | USA |
Media | 2003 |
| Eric Seelig | Germany |
Boxing | 1992 |
| Joseph Shane | USA |
Official/Administrator | 2002 |
| Jesse Silver | USA |
Media | 1989 |
| Roy Silver | USA |
Media | 1989 |
| Harry Simmons | Canada |
Media | 2007 |
| Emmanuel Simon | Israel |
Official/Administrator | 1983 |
| Dr. Uri Simri | Israel |
Official/Administrator | 1991 |
| Margaredt Sonnenfeld | Israel |
Official/Coach | 1997 |
| Oscar State | Great Britain |
Official/Weightlifting | 1989 |
| Louis Stein | USA |
Official/Bowling | 1992 |
| Sam Stoller | USA |
Track & Field | 2007 |
| Arthur Takać |  Yugoslavia(  Croatia) |
Official/Administrator | 1989 |
| Irving Underman | Canada |
Boxing | 1994 |
| Ben Weider | USA |
Body Building | 1992 |
| Joe Weider | USA |
Body Building | 1992 |
| Chaim Wein | Israel |
Official/Administrator | 1986 |
| Joseph Yekuteli | Israel |
Official/Administrator | 1982 |
| Aviezer Yellin | Israel |
Official/Administrator | 1984 |
| Paul Ziffren | USA |
Official/Administrator | 1993 |
| Harold O. Zimman | USA |
Official/Media | 1991 |
[edit] Lifetime Achievement
| Year | Name | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Sam Sharrow | Miami Beach, Florida, USA |
| 1993 | David Pincus | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 1994 | Karl Ribstein | Munich, Germany |
| 1995 | Monty Hall |
Beverly Hills, California, USA |
| 1996 | Yariv Oren | Netanya, Israel |
| 1997 | Alan Sherman | Potomac, Maryland, USA |
| 1998 | Moshe Rashkes | Ramat Gan, USA |
| 1999 | Fred Worms, OBE |
London, England, UK |
| 2000 | Joseph Luttenberg | Afeka, Israel |
| 2001 | Robert Spivak | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 2002 | Uri Afek | Netanya, Israel |
| 2003 | Lester Fein | Vernon, New Jersey, USA |
| 2004 | Shimon Mizrahi | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| 2005 | Sidney Greenberg | Toronto, Canada |
| 2006 | Alex Gilady | Israel |
| 2007 | Joyce Eisenberg-Keefer | Los Angeles, California, USA |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- IJSHoF Homepage
- "Int'l Jewish Sports Hall of Fame announces class of 2007," 12/1/06
- International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame at ilMuseums.com
