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Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1985 Born in New York, Frieda earned a BA from Hunter College and attended the Seminary College of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. At Hunter, she played varsity basketball and competed in […]

(1900-1974) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1984 Born in Hartford, Herbert was an outstanding all-around athlete in both high school and college. A three-sport star at Hartford High School (football, basketball, and baseball), he won the 135-pound class

(1910-1984) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1985 Born in Hartford, Greenbaum was a prominent athlete in Weaver High School’s early years (class of 1927), playing baseball and football for three years each. He later played for the Conn’s

(1920-2004) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1985 At Weaver High School, Philip Goldenberg played football (half back and fullback) for three years; the last two years the team only lost one game. In 1939 they were awarded the

(d. 1968) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1983 Joseph Dunn was the first Jewish captain of a Hartford Public High School football team. His 1917-18 teams were undefeated and unscored upon. Dunn also played for the Lyrics, a

(d. 1970) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1984 Born in Russia, Edward Dragat came to Hartford as an infant in 1897. He graduated from the Arsenal School where, in 1910, he was a catcher on the baseball team.

(1911-2008) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1984 Born in Albany, Edith Cooper graduated from Albany Teacher’s College and moved to Hartford after living in Washington, D.C. where she worked for the U.S. government during World War II. In

(1905-1955) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1985 Born in Hartford, Abraham “Butch” Cohen played football on Dartmouth College’s undefeated 1925 national championship team and graduated from there in 1927. At Hartford High School, he played baseball, football and

(-1994) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1985 William Chtoiner was a graduate of Weaver High School, where he played baseball, basketball, and football. He was chosen for the first team of the All-city baseball team in 1934. He

(1907-1986) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Greater Hartford, 1985 Sportswriter Louis Black immigrated from Lithuania as a young child, graduated from Hartford Public High School and majored in journalism at New York University, graduating in 1930. While