(1923-2014) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1983 Born in Hartford, Sylvia Greenbaum graduated from Weaver High School in 1940. She was a WAVE in the U.S. Navy during World War II, serving as Aviation Machinist Mate 1st Class. Greenbaum played tennis at Weaver High School but was notRead More →
(1957-2002) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1995 Harriet Novarr grew up in Hartford, attended the Yeshiva of Hartford and graduated from Hartford Public High School. In high school, she was all-state in basketball and volleyball. She was a pioneer of women’s basketball, among the first students to receiveRead More →
Louis Rogow (1887 -1991) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1983 Louis Rogow came to the United States from Kiev in 1908, at the age of 11. He worked at the Hartford Machine Screw Company and at Pratt & Whitney learning manufacturing before beginning Birken Manufacturing Company duringRead More →
Syd Conn (1913-2003) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Greater Hartford, 1984 Promoted sporting events in the Hartford area for parts of six decades Year after year, the Hartford native brought entertainers and world-class athletes to the area to help raise money for local charities, especially theRead More →
Reuben “Rube” Cohen, 1899-1970 Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Greater Hartford, 1983 Born Reuben Cohen in Odessa, Ukraine, Cohen came to Hartford with his parents as a young child and played football, basketball, and baseball at Hartford High. After a year at Tufts University, he transferred toRead More →
Dr. Morris N. Cohen (1898-1998) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Greater Hartford, 1984 Morris Cohen was born in Poland in 1898 and arrived in the United States in 1900. His father was a shochet and acted as rabbi, first in Torrington, then in Hartford after about 1910,Read More →