Irving Meretsky
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1936 Berlin | Team competition |
Irving "Toots" Meretsky (May 17, 1912 – May 18, 2006) was a Canadian basketball player.
Biography[]
He competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Born in Windsor, Ontario, he was part of the Canadian basketball team, which won the silver medal. He played two games.[1]
He was Jewish, and was one of a number of Jewish athletes who won medals at the Nazi Olympics in Berlin in 1936.[2]
He is the uncle of lawyer Harvey Thomas Strosberg. His grandson, Christopher Meretsky, was a first line hockey player for Auburn University..[3]
See also[]
- List of select Jewish basketball players
References[]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Irving Meretsky Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
- ^ "The Nazi Olympics (Berlin 1936)—Jewish Athletes; Olympic Medalists". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
- ^ http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=e0620b51-c36e-443f-aa14-50c7bd7f9258&sponsor=[permanent dead link]
External links[]
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