Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

Leo Pinsky

Leo Pinsky

(1926-2018) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1986 A Hartford native, Leo Pinsky lettered in football, basketball and baseball at Hartford High School, graduating in 1944. In his first game as a freshman at UCONN, he kicked two […]

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Sandy Myerson

Sandy Myerson

Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1997 Growing up in West Hartford, Myerson graduated from Hall High School and continued her education in physical education and science at Southern Connecticut State University (1969) and the University of Michigan

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George Marcus

George Marcus

(1919-2003) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1992 Born in Hartford, Marcus developed his talents in baseball and basketball at the Brackett School in Hartford’s North End. His class was among the first to use the school’s new

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Nathan Lipman

Nathan Lipman

(1911-1985) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1989 A New Britain native, Lipman played basketball, baseball and football at New Britain High School, and was captain of both the basketball and baseball teams. At the University of Connecticut

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Samuel Levy

(1913-1997) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1989 Born in Hartford, Levy learned basketball at the local YMCA and at Bulkley High School. He played on the varsity team at Bulkeley for four years and was captain for

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Daniel Goldberg

Daniel Goldberg

Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1997 A 1985 graduate of the Kingswood-Oxford School from Avon, Connecticut, Goldberg was an internationally ranked tennis player and a member of the United States national team. He was the top player

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Samuel Fierstein

(1920-1994) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1997 The Fiersteins were amateur and professional boxers from the 1920s through the 1940s, and may have been the only group of Jewish brothers who were boxers in Connecticut. Born in Austria,

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Harry Fierstein

(1913-1983) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1997 The Fiersteins were amateur and professional boxers from the 1920s through the 1940s, and may have been the only group of Jewish brothers who were boxers in Connecticut. Born in Austria,

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Myer Fierstein

(1907-1959) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1997 The Fiersteins were amateur and professional boxers from the 1920s through the 1940s, and may have been the only group of Jewish brothers who were boxers in Connecticut. Born in

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