Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

1904-1951 Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1986 Born in Vernon, Connecticut, Joseph grew up in Hartford and attended the Northeast School and Hartford High School, graduating in 1922. He attended Carnegie Tech and then transferred to Syracuse

(1899-1973) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1984 Sam Hyman grew up in Hartford and became the most famous baseball player of the area. At Hartford High School, he played football, basketball and baseball but is most remembered as

(1894-1959) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1987 Goldberg was a star pitcher at Hartford Public High School and played for one year on the football team, graduating in 1912. After he ran the length of the field for

(1911-2006) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1985 A Hartford native, Romansky played baseball, football, and basketball at Weaver High School and at Maine University, graduating in 1933. In college, he was All-New England in the three sports and

(1906 – 1997) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1983 Abe Silverman was the first Jewish captain of the Hartford High basketball team and was described in the local press as “one of the best young basketball players developed

(1904-1998) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1985 Judge Saul Seidman was born in Hartford and graduated from Yale University in 1925 and Yale Law School in 1927. At Hartford High School, he excelled in high jump and broad

(1908-1999) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1983 Growing up in Hartford, Nassau was captain of Weaver High School’s first basketball team and was selected as All-State forward. When his family moved to New Haven, he played on Hillhouse

(1917-2001) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1984 A native of Hartford, Naboicheck graduated from Weaver High School in 1936, attended Worcester Academy for a year, then graduated from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1941. He enlisted in the