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Mark Yellin

Mark Yellin

(1933-2017) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1992 A Hartford native, Yellin was a letterman at Weaver High School on both the basketball and tennis teams. AS a senior, he established a city-wide record for points scored in […]

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Stanley Wiesen

Stanley Wiesen

(1920-2013) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 2002 Growing up in Hartford, Wiesen attended both Weaver High School and West Hartford’s Hall High School, playing basketball and running track at both schools. He was the captain of Weaver’s

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Arthur Weinstein

Arthur Weinstein

(1910-1994) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1987 A Hartford native, Weinstein played football at Hartford Public High School and at Trinity College in the late 1920s and early 1930s. A lineman, he played every minute of every

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Stanley Weiner

(1924-2019) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1990 Born and raised in West Hartford, Weiner starred on the football, basketball and baseball teams at Hall High School, from which he graduated in 1942. He was a regular third

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Irving Waltman

Irving Waltman

(1915-2016) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1983 Born in Hartford, Waltman graduated Northwest Grammar School, where he played on a city championship basketball team in 1928 and a champion baseball team. He remembered that as a reward for

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Edward Waltman

Edward Waltman

(1918-1993) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1989 Edward L. Waltman was a prominent local athlete during the 1930s and 1940s. He was an all-star football player at Weaver High School and played baseball and basketball. He was

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Herbert Vinick

Herbert Vinick

(1916-2002) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1990 Vinick was born in Hartford and graduated from Hartford Public High School in 1934. He played football at Trinity College for four years and was elected captain his senior year.

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Charles Teller

Charles Teller

(1941-2014) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1987 Born in Middletown, Teller grew up in West Hartford and graduated from Hall High School, where he excelled in both scholastics and sports. He was ranked the top high school tennis

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Sam Suisman

Sam Suisman

(1901-1970) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1983 Growing up in Hartford, Suisman was recognized equally for his achievements in football, basketball, and baseball. He was captain of the football team at Hartford High and played on the city

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