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List of Jewish American sportspeople

This is a list of notable Jewish American sportspeople. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans; for Jewish sportspeople from other countries, see List of Jews in sport.

Baseball

Players

Umpires

Basketball

Basketball players

Basketball administrators, coaches, and owners

Harry Glickman, founder & president, Portland Trail Blazers (deceased)

Boxing

Equestrian

Fencing

American football

Players

Coaches

Owners and executives

Officials

Golf

Gymnastics

Ice hockey

Motor sports

Power sports

Rugby union

Skating

Soccer (association football)

Swimming

Tennis

Track and field

  • Gerry Ashworth, world record holder in 100 yards, 100 meters; 1964 Olympic track athlete-gold medal
  • Louis Clarke, Olympic gold medal, 4X100-meter relay
  • Lillian Copeland, world records (javelin, discus throw, and shot put); Olympic champion & silver {discus}
  • Daniel Frank, long jump, Olympic silver medal
  • Hugo Friend, long jump, Olympic bronze medal
  • James Fuchs, shot put & discus, 2x Olympic bronze (shot put); 4x shot put world record holder, 2x Pan American champions (shot put & discus)
  • Marty Glickman, sprinter, US Olympic team; All American (football) and sportscaster.
  • Milton Green, world record holder in the 45-yard & 60-m high hurdles in the 1930s; was considered sure to make the Olympic team in 1936, but chose not to participate in protest of the event being held in Nazi Germany
  • Gary Gubner, world shot put records, weightlifter
  • Clare Jacobs, bronze medal, Olympic pole vault, world indoor record
  • Deena Kastor, Olympic bronze medalist in marathon 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens; long-distance runner, US records (marathon & half-marathon)
  • Abel Kiviat, middle-distance runner
  • Margaret Bergmann Lambert, US Champion in high jump, 1937–38, and shot put, 1938; subject of HBO documentary Hitler's Pawn
  • Henry Laskau, German-born US racewalker, won 42 national titles; Pan American champion; 4x Maccabiah champion
  • Alvah Meyer, silver medal, 100 meter dash, 1912 Olympics, 2 world records (60 y & 300 y).
  • Lon Myers, US, sprinter, world records (quarter-mile, 100-yard, , and 880-yard)
  • Myer Prinstein, Olympic jumper, world record (long jump); 3x Olympic champion (2x triple jump & long jump) and silver (long jump) (4g1s)
  • Steve Seymour, javelin throw, Olympic silver medal
  • Sam Stoller, US, world indoor record (60-yard dash)
  • Dwight Stones, world record (high jump); 2x Olympic bronze

Horse racing

Miscellaneous sports

  • Jewish Roller Derby is a diaspora team that competes in international tournaments.

See also

Jewish sports halls of fame in the United States

References