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(1908-2000) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 1984 Born in Hartford in 1908, Bialeck was the first Jewish student to letter at Weaver High School, where he starred for four years on the football team and two years on […]

(1901-1995) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Greater Hartford, 1983 Bill Savitt was a lifelong business and civic leader in Hartford. He developed his jewelry business from a one-man operation that he started at the age of 18

(1917-2002) Inducted into Sports Hall of Fame 1984 Born in New York City in 1917, Abrahms graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School and the City College of New York. He became one of the outstanding table tennis players in the

(1923-2014) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1983 Born in Hartford, Sylvia Greenbaum graduated from Weaver High School in 1940. She was a WAVE in the U.S. Navy during World War II, serving as Aviation Machinist Mate 1st Class.

(1957-2002) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1995 Harriet Novarr grew up in Hartford, attended the Yeshiva of Hartford and graduated from Hartford Public High School. In high school, she was all-state in basketball and volleyball. She was a

Louis Rogow (1887 -1991) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1983 Louis Rogow came to the United States from Kiev in 1908, at the age of 11. He worked at the Hartford Machine Screw Company and at Pratt

Syd Conn (1913-2003) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Greater Hartford, 1984 Promoted sporting events in the Hartford area for parts of six decades Year after year, the Hartford native brought entertainers and world-class athletes to the

Reuben “Rube” Cohen, 1899-1970 Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Greater Hartford, 1983 Born Reuben Cohen in Odessa, Ukraine, Cohen came to Hartford with his parents as a young child and played football, basketball, and baseball at Hartford

Dr. Morris N. Cohen (1898-1998) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Greater Hartford, 1984 Morris Cohen was born in Poland in 1898 and arrived in the United States in 1900. His father was a shochet and acted as