National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum

National Jewish Sports
Hall of Fame and Museum
Formation	March 21, 1993; 28 years ago (first induction ceremony)
Type	Hall of Fame
Headquarters	Commack, New York
Coordinates	40°49′45.19″N 73°18′12.03″W / 40.8292194°N 73.3033417°W
Region served	United States
Chairperson	Matt Golden

The National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, in Commack, New York, is dedicated to honoring American Jewish figures who have distinguished themselves in sports.^[1]

Its objective is to foster Jewish identity through athletics, and to commemorate sports heroes who have emerged from a people not commonly associated with sports.^[2]

The Hall has inductees in the sports of American football, auto-racing, baseball, basketball, bicycling, bowling, boxing, Canadian football, canoeing, cycling, discus, dressage, fencing, figure skating, golf, gymnastics, handball, horse showing, horse-racing, ice hockey, judo, karate, lacrosse, marathon running, pole vault, racquetball, rowing, rugby, shot put, skiing, soccer (European football), softball, squash, swimming, tennis, track, triathlete, volleyball, weightlifting, and wrestling. It has also inducted authors, broadcasters, columnists, and sportscasters.^[3]

The first annual induction ceremony was held on March 21, 1993.^[4]

Inductees[]

Brad Ausmus, All Star and Gold Glove catcher

Yael Averbuch

Name	Induction Year	Sport	Notes
Art Heyman	1993	Basketball
Ernie Grunfeld	1993	Basketball
Henry Wittenberg	1993	Wrestling
Marv Albert	1993	Broadcasting
Max Zaslofsky	1993	Basketball
Red Holzman	1993	Basketball	Basketball coach
Sandy Koufax	1993	Baseball
Shep Messing	1993	Soccer
Art Shamsky	1994	Baseball
Gary Bettman	1994	Ice Hockey	NHL commissioner
Larry Brown	1994	Basketball	Basketball coach
Marty Glickman	1994	Broadcasting
Sid Tanenbaum	1994	Basketball
Allie Sherman	1995	Football
Dolph Schayes	1995	Basketball
Fred Lebow	1995	Marathon Running	NYC marathon founder
Hank Greenberg	1995	Baseball
Margaret Lambert	1995^[5]	Track and Field
Mel Allen	1995	Broadcasting
Nat Holman	1995	Basketball
Sid Luckman	1995	Football
William Beroza	1995	Lacrosse
Benny Leonard	1996	Boxing
Gary Wood	1996	Football
Milton Richman	1996	Columnist
Moe Berg	1996	Baseball
Red Auerbach	1996	Basketball	Basketball coach
Barney Ross	1997	Boxing
Bill Mazer	1997	Broadcasting
Marilyn Fierro	1997	Karate
Red Sarachek	1997	Basketball	Basketball coach
Al Rosen	1998	Baseball
Danny Schayes	1998	Basketball
Dick Savitt	1998	Tennis
Irving Mondschein	1998	Track and Field
Norm Drucker	1998	Basketball	Basketball official
Ossie Schectman	1998	Basketball
Saul Rogovin	1998	Baseball
Vic Hershkowitz	1998	Handball
Doug Shapiro	1999	Cycling
Ed Newman	1999	Football
Harry Danning	1999	Baseball
Ken Holtzman	1999	Baseball
Ray Arcel	1999	Boxing	Boxing trainer
Warner Wolf	1999	Broadcasting
Julie Heldman	2000	Tennis
Gary Wichard	2001	Football	Football player & sports agent
Len Berman	2001	Broadcasting
Andy Bloom	2001	Track and Field
Anthony Ervin	2001	Swimming
Cliff Bayer	2001	Fencing
Deena Kastor	2001	Track and Field
Jason Lezak	2001	Swimming
Margie Goldstein-Engle	2001	Horse Showing
Nicole Freedman	2001	Bicycling
Robert Dover	2001	Dressage
Sage Rosenfels	2001	Football
Sara Whalen	2001	Soccer
Scott Goldblatt	2001	Swimming
Tamir Bloom	2001	Fencing
Marv Levy	2002	Football	Football coach & executive
Sid Gillman	2002	Football
Steve Nisenson	2002	Basketball
Walter Blum	2002	Horseracing
Jay Fiedler	2002	Football
Debbie Rademacher	2003	Soccer
Marilyn Ramenofsky	2003	Swimming
Zhanna Pintusevich-Block	2003	Track and Field
Amy Alcott	2003	Golf
Helene Hines	2003	Marathon Running
Sara Whalen	2003	Soccer
Sarah Hughes	2003	Figure Skating
Suzyn Waldman	2003	Sportscaster
Aerial Gilbert	2004	Rowing
Al Blau	2004	Lacrosse	Lacrosse official
Benny Friedman	2004	Football
Brad Ausmus	2004	Baseball
Elliott Maddox	2004	Baseball
Jack Garfinkel	2004	Basketball
Mike Epstein	2004	Baseball
Ron Blomberg	2004	Baseball
Shawn Lipman	2004	Rugby
Sid Gordon	2004	Baseball
Thelma Eisen	2004	Baseball
Abe Saperstein	2005	Basketball	Basketball owner & coach
Bob Stein	2005	Football
Gladys Heldman	2005	Tennis	Women's tennis magazine founder
Isaac Berger	2005	Weightlifting
Jay Fiedler	2005	Football
Joe Jacobi	2005	Canoeing
Julie Heldman	2005	Tennis
Marty Hogan	2005	Racquetball
Mitch Gaylord	2005	Gymnastics
Ryan Levinson	2005	Cycling
Shawn Green	2005	Baseball
Shirley Povich	2005	Columnist
Bob Berland	2006	Judo
Carrie Sheinberg	2006	Skiing
Donna Orender	2006	Basketball
Herb Brown	2006	Basketball	Basketball coach
Ilana Kloss	2006	Tennis
Jeff Agoos	2006	Soccer
John Frank	2006	Football
Neal Walk	2006	Basketball
Roger Kahn	2006^[6]		Sportswriter; author of The Boys of Summer
Bonnie Bernstein	2007	Broadcasting
Craig Ludin	2007	Special Olympics
Dan Lurie	2007	Body Building
Deena Kastor	2007	Marathon Running
Dwight Stones	2007	Track and Field
George Kalinsky	2007	Photography
Harry Haft	2007	Boxing
Howard Cosell	2007	Broadcasting
Jerry Markbreit	2007	Referee	Football referee
Lennie Rosenbluth	2007	Basketball
Mark Spitz	2007	Swimming
Mitchell Bobrow	2007	Karate / Taekwondo
Senda Berenson Abbott	2007	Basketball	Women's basketball pioneer
Bruce Pearl	2008	Basketball
Daniel Bukantz	2008	Fencing
Hy Gotkin	2008	Basketball
Kerri Strug	2008	Gymnastics
Lenny Krayzelburg	2008	Swimming
Ron Mix	2008	Football
Sam Rosen	2008	Ice Hockey
Tony Kornheiser	2008	Sportswriter
Andre Tippett	2009	Football
Dara Torres	2009	Swimming
Dick Schaap	2009	Columnist
Ed Block	2009	Football
Gary Gubner	2009	Track and Field
Linda Cohn	2009	Sportscaster
Marvin Miller	2009	Executive	Baseball player association executive
Alan Veingrad	2010	Football
Bill Goldberg	2010	Wrestling
Dick Traum	2010	Track and Field
Jason Lezak	2010	Swimming
Russ Rose	2010	Volleyball
Rena Kanokogi	2010	Judo
Seth Greenberg	2010	Basketball	Basketball coach
Abe Pollin	2011	Executive
Al Seiden	2011	Basketball
Dick Steinberg	2011	Football
Gabe Carimi	2011	Football
Hal Richman	2011	Baseball
Harris Barton	2011	Football
Jane Katz	2011	Professor
Niv Sultan	2011	Football
Steve Mesler	2011	Bobsled
Tal Brody	2011	Basketball
Al Davis	2012	Boxing
Arthur Richman	2012	Media
Debbie Rademacher	2012	Soccer	Soccer coach
Howie Rose	2012	Media
Jerry Solomon	2012	Executive
Joanna Zeiger	2012	Triathlete
Jon Denning	2012	Auto Racing
Mike Hartman	2012	Ice Hockey
Sy Berger	2012	Executive	"Father of the modern baseball card" and Topps executive
Aly Raisman	2013	Gymnastics
Andrew Bernstein	2013	Photography
Ben Helfgott	2013	Weightlifting
Boyd Melson	2013	Boxing
Bruce Cohen	2013	Lacrosse
Daniel Haber	2013	Soccer
David Mark Berger	2013	Weightlifting
David Mark Berger	2013	Photography
Garrett Weber-Gale	2013	Swimming
Jacqui Kalin	2013	Basketball
James Metzger	2013	Executive
Jennifer Horowitz	2013	Fencing
Marilyn Ramenofsky	2013	Swimming
Randy Grossman	2013	Football
Richard Bernstein	2013	Disabled Runner
Sammy Gross	2013	Wrestling
Steve Bilsky	2013	Basketball

Awards[]

Gabe Carimi

Jon Scheyer

In addition to inducted Hall of Fame members, it presents periodic awards as follows:

The Marty Glickman Outstanding Jewish (College) Scholastic Athlete of the Year[]

Awarded to Charles Altchek (soccer), Yael Averbuch (soccer), Cliff Bayer (fencing), Matt Bernstein (football), Shay Doron (basketball), Hayden Epstein (football), David Ettinger (football), Jay Fiedler (football), Loren Galler Rabinowitz (figure skating), Rebekah Green (shot put), Bess Greenberg (basketball), Elvis M. Sternberg (gymnastics), Dan Grunfeld (basketball), Damion Hahn (wrestling), Sada Jacobson (fencing), Dan Helmer (gymnastics), Anita Kaplan (basketball), Brie Katz (volleyball), Chad Levitt (football), Jessica Levy (volleyball), Samantha Marder (softball), Boyd Melson (boxer), Neil Ravitz (football), Amy Rosson (softball), Rebekah Rottenberg (lacrosse), Mike Saffer (football), Jon Scheyer (basketball), Laine Selwyn (basketball), and Marc Siegel (ice hockey).

In 2011, football player Gabe Carimi was awarded the Marty Glickman Award.

The Jules D. & Pearl D. Mazor Awards to the Outstanding Jewish High School Scholar Athletes of the Year[]

Awarded to Adam Balkan (baseball), Stephanie Barnet (squash), Ben Belmont (lacrosse), Rachel Blume (softball), Dannielle Diamant (basketball), Hillary Framson (soccer), Zachary Greenberg (basketball), Ben Herman (swimming), Emily Jacobson (fencing), David Kahn (swimming), Jesse Koller (soccer), Jarryd Levine (soccer), Max Levine (baseball), Jason Liberman (basketball), Sarah Lowenthal (gymnastics), Adam Mahfouda (lacrosse), Samantha Marder (softball), Chad Prince (soccer), Jon Scheyer (basketball), Jodi Schlesinger (track), Justin Simon (basketball), Mark Wohlstadter (football), and Courtney Zale (basketball).

The Dick Steinberg Good Guy Award[]

Awarded to Andy Bloom (shot put), Ron Carner (executive), Dave Cohen (football coach), Gerald Eskanezi (columnist), Jay Fiedler (football), Ken Fiedler (basketball coach), Stan Fischler (broadcasting), (executive), Nicole Freedman (bicycling), Margie Goldstein-Engle (horse showing), Stan Isaacs (columnist), James Jacobs (handball), Steve Jacobson (columnist), Barry Landers (broadcaster), Nancy Moloff (wheelchair discus), Arthur Richman (baseball writer & executive), Marty Riger (basketball coach), Dick Steinberg (football general manager), Herb Turetzky (basketball), Lisa Winston (columnist) and Boyd Melson (boxer and humanitarian).

The George Young Award[]

The George Young Award is given to the person, Jewish or non-Jewish, who "has best exemplified the high ideals that George Young displayed".

It has been awarded to Ernie Accorsi (football), Lou Carnesecca (basketball), Preston Robert Tisch (football), George Young (football) and James Metzger (lacrosse).

Advisory Committee[]

Among those serving on its Advisory Committee are Marty Appel, Len Berman, Howard David, Ernie Grunfeld and Paul Zimmerman.

Other Jewish sports halls of fame in the U.S.[]

References[]

^ Finn, Robin (May 13, 2007). "A Joke Inspires a Hall of Fame That's No Joke". New York Times. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
^ The Jewish Quarterly, Issues 209-212. p. 32. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
^ "Awards". THE NATIONAL JEWISH SPORTS HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
^ Inductees/Honorees Archived February 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum website. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
^ "Margaret Lambert". The National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on April 27, 2010. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
^ "Roger Kahn". The National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2021.

Coordinates: 40°49′45.19″N 73°18′12.03″W / 40.8292194°N 73.3033417°W / 40.8292194; -73.3033417

[1] Finn, Robin (May 13, 2007). "A Joke Inspires a Hall of Fame That's No Joke". New York Times. Retrieved August 10, 2011.

[2] The Jewish Quarterly, Issues 209-212. p. 32. Retrieved August 10, 2011.

[3] "Awards". THE NATIONAL JEWISH SPORTS HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM. Archived from the original on June 11, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2021.

[4] Inductees/Honorees Archived February 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum website. Retrieved December 23, 2010.

[5] "Margaret Lambert". The National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on April 27, 2010. Retrieved July 31, 2021.

[6] "Roger Kahn". The National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2021.

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