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1937-2016 Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1990 Born in Hartford, Borden was a letterman in football at Weaver High School for three years and was starting quarterback the last two years. His senior year the team was […]

1904-1951 Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1986 Born in Vernon, Connecticut, Joseph grew up in Hartford and attended the Northeast School and Hartford High School, graduating in 1922. He attended Carnegie Tech and then transferred to Syracuse

(1899-1973) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1984 Sam Hyman grew up in Hartford and became the most famous baseball player of the area. At Hartford High School, he played football, basketball and baseball but is most remembered as

(1894-1959) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1987 Goldberg was a star pitcher at Hartford Public High School and played for one year on the football team, graduating in 1912. After he ran the length of the field for

(1911-2006) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1985 A Hartford native, Romansky played baseball, football, and basketball at Weaver High School and at Maine University, graduating in 1933. In college, he was All-New England in the three sports and