(1900-1974) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1984 Born in Hartford, Herbert was an outstanding all-around athlete in both high school and college. A three-sport star at Hartford High School (football, basketball, and baseball), he won the 135-pound class AAU wrestling championship in 1917. After high school, he attendedRead More →
(1910-1984) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1985 Born in Hartford, Greenbaum was a prominent athlete in Weaver High School’s early years (class of 1927), playing baseball and football for three years each. He later played for the Conn’s Kings semi-pro softball team. For many years he chaired theRead More →
(1920-2004) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1985 At Weaver High School, Philip Goldenberg played football (half back and fullback) for three years; the last two years the team only lost one game. In 1939 they were awarded the city championship and he was selected for the New HavenRead More →
(d. 1968) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1983 Joseph Dunn was the first Jewish captain of a Hartford Public High School football team. His 1917-18 teams were undefeated and unscored upon. Dunn also played for the Lyrics, a semi-pro team which preceded the Hartford YMHA club. He laterRead More →
(d. 1970) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1984 Born in Russia, Edward Dragat came to Hartford as an infant in 1897. He graduated from the Arsenal School where, in 1910, he was a catcher on the baseball team. At Hartford High his hitting ability earned him a positionRead More →
(1911-2008) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1984 Born in Albany, Edith Cooper graduated from Albany Teacher’s College and moved to Hartford after living in Washington, D.C. where she worked for the U.S. government during World War II. In 1949, at the age of 37, she won the HartfordRead More →