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John Suisman

(1937- ) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1989 Born and raised in West Hartford, Suisman attended Loomis Institute and then graduated from Yale University in 1959. At Yale, he was on the varsity golf team for three […]

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Edward Suisman

(c. 1902 – 1991) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1984 The son of Russian immigrants, Suisman’s athletic achievement was primarily in basketball. After graduating from Hartford Public High School, he attended Peddie Institute in New Jersey, where he

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Lewis Stieglitz

Lewis Stieglitz

(1935-2010) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1984 Born in West Hartford in 1935, Steiglitz graduated from Hall High School. His track career started at the University of Connecticut where he set school records in every distance event, from

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Louis Stein

Louis Stein

(1914-2009) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1987 An outstanding tennis player at Weaver High School, Stein played on the team for four years and on the Trinity College team for four years, winning the singles title in 1935.

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Harry Smith

Harry Smith

(1921-2010) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1986 A native of Hartford, Smith graduated from Weaver High School in 1940. He played with distinction for three years on the basketball and baseball teams, both of which he captained

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David Slossberg

David Slossberg

(1907-1995) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1986 A native of Leeds, England, Slossberg lived in the Hartford area most of his life. He attended the New Park Avenue and Lawrence Street schools in the Frog Hollow section

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Gerald Slobin

Gerald Slobin

(1932-2001) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1988 Born in Hartford, Slobin was a 1950 graduate of Weaver High School, lettering three years in football, basketball and tennis. He started playing tennis at Keney Park and played both

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William Slitt

William Slitt

(1921-2000) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1984 A native of Hartford, Slitt played on a city champion basketball team in junior high school. At Weaver High, he played baseball and basketball for four years and on a state

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Donald Silpe

Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1995 A track star at Great Neck High School in New York, Boston University and Long Island University, Silpe won a gold medal for the U.S. at the Fifth Maccabiah Games in

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Barry Siegal

Barry Siegal

(1943-2022) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1992 Born in Hartford, Siegal was an outstanding member of the varsity baseball and soccer teams at Conard High School in West Hartford, graduating in 1961. He played baseball for four

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