(1907-1959) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1997 The Fiersteins were amateur and professional boxers from the 1920s through the 1940s, and may have been the only group of Jewish brothers who were boxers in Connecticut. Born in […]
(1907-1990) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1986 A native of Hartford, Ellovich graduated from the Northwest School and Weaver High School in 1926. He continued his education at the University of Connecticut but his father’s death in 1929
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(1918-1983) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1992 Jacob Dunn grew up in Hartford and graduated from Hartford Public High School, where he played basketball and football. At the University of Connecticut, he received letters in football and
(1909-1970) Inducted to the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1988 Mush Dubofsky began his football career at Weaver High School in the mid-1920s under coach Fred Stone. Dubofsky’s friend Sam Hyman encouraged him to go to Georgetown University and helped
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(1902-2003) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1987 Born and raised in Hartford, Dragat graduated from Hartford Public High School in 1920, Yale College in 1924, and Yale Law School in 1926. He played baseball and basketball both
(1922-1996) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1986 Jonah Dobrutsky was one of the Jewish community’s outstanding all-around athletes, playing baseball, football, and basketball. Born in Montreal, he moved to Hartford as a baby and in 1940 graduated from
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(1906-1985) Inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame, 1987 Born in Hartford, Cutler graduated from Hartford Public High School, Trinity College (1929) and Yale Law School (1932). He was on the Trinity baseball team for four years and was captain
(1955-) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1990 Chotiner’s career in athletics began at the Jewish Community Center, where he played on the center’s basketball team, as well as with the Greater Hartford Synagogue League. At Hall High
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(1909-1996) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1988 Raised in New Britain, Bromberg lettered in football, baseball and basketball at New Britain High School and was a member of the state championship football team in 1926. At Dartmouth
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1918-2002 Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1995 A Hartford native, Borstein graduated from Weaver High school in 1937 and earned a degree in chemistry from Trinity College in 1941. He was proud of being the first in
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