Hall of Fame

International Jewish Sports Figures
by the Encyclopedia Judaica (CD-ROM Edition)

International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Located at the Wingate Institute of Physical Education and Sport, Netanyah, Israel, the Hall of Fame was founded in 1979. It honors the outstanding achievements of Jewish men and women in sports. Members of the Hall of Fame are:

Harold Abrahams, Great Britain, track-and-field

Mel Allen, USA, sportscaster

Arnold (Red) Auerbach, USA, basketball

Viktor Barna, Hungary, table tennis

Isaac Berger, USA, weightlifting

Angela Buxton, Great Britain, tennis

Lillian Copeland, USA, track-and-field

Barney Dreyfuss, USA, baseball

Jackie Fields, USA, boxing

Alfred Flatow, Germany, gymnastics

Benny Friedman, USA, football

Marshall Goldberg, USA, football

Alexsandr Gomelsky, USSR, basketball

Eddie Gottlieb, USA, basketball

Hank Greenberg, USA, baseball

Bela Guttmann, Hungary, soccer

Ludwig Guttmann, Great Britain, sports medicine

Alfred Hajos-Guttmann, Hungary, swimming

Nat Holman, USA, basketball

Hirsch Jacobs, USA, horse racing

Jimmy Jacobs, USA, handball

Irving Jaffee, USA, ice skating (speed)

Elias Katz, Finland, track-and-field

Agnes Keleti, Hungary, gymnastics

Sandy Koufax, USA, baseball

Benny Leonard, USA, boxing

Harry Litwack, USA, basketball

Sid Luckman, USA, football

Hugo Meisl, Austria, soccer

Daniel Mendoza, Great Britain, boxing

Ron Mix, USA, football

Lawrence (Lon) Myers, USA, track-and-field

Zvi Nishri, Israel, physical education leader

Angelica Roseanu, Rumania, table tennis

Al Rosen, USA, baseball

Fanny Rosenfeld, Canada, track-and-field

Barney Ross, USA, boxing

Leon Rottman, Rumania, canoeing

Louis Rubenstein, Canada, ice skating (figure)

Abe Saperstein, USA, basketball

Dick Savitt, USA, tennis

Adolph (Dolph) Schayes, USA, basketball

Mark Spitz, USA, swimming

Eva Szekely, Hungary, swimming

Irina Kirszenstein-Szewinska, Poland, track-and-field

Sylvia Wene, USA, bowling

Henry Wittenberg, USA, wrestling

The Encyclopedia Judaica CD-ROM contains all the text of the original 16 Keter volumes, the eight yearbooks and the two Ten-Year update volumes. In addition it includes many statistical updates and an interactive time-line. The CD has over 2500 pictures, 100 maps, slideshows, audio, and fifteen minutes of video.