List of Jewish American sportspeople

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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 .

Contents

Baseball

Max Fried, pitcher (Atlanta Braves) Max Fried July 16, 2019 (cropped).jpg
Max Fried, pitcher
(Atlanta Braves)
Alex Bregman, third baseman Alex Bregman on August 21, 2016.jpg
Alex Bregman, third baseman
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Joc Pederson, outfielder

Players

Umpires

Basketball

Basketball players

David Blu David Bluthenthal.JPG
David Blu
Jordan Farmar Jordan Farmar Maccabi Tel-Aviv (cropped).JPG
Jordan Farmar
Jon Scheyer Jon Scheyer (cropped).jpg
Jon Scheyer

Basketball administrators, coaches, and owners

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

Boxing

Yuri Foreman Yuri Foreman.jpg
Yuri Foreman
Dmitry Salita Dmitry Salita.jpg
Dmitry Salita

Equestrian

Margie Goldstein-Engle MargieGoldsteinEngle.jpg
Margie Goldstein-Engle

Fencing

Eli Dershwitz Eli Dershwitz 2015 WCh SMS-IN t122900.jpg
Eli Dershwitz
Soren Thompson Soren Thompson Trophee Monal 2013 n02.jpg
Soren Thompson

American football

Julian Edelman Julian Edelman.JPG
Julian Edelman
Lennie Friedman Lennie Friedman at Redskins training camp, August 2005.jpg
Lennie Friedman
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Taylor Mays
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Mitchell Schwartz

Players

Coaches

Owners and executives

Officials

Golf

Morgan Pressel Morgan Pressel 2009-06-08.jpg
Morgan Pressel

Gymnastics

Aly Raisman Aly Raisman Rio 2016.jpg
Aly Raisman

Ice hockey

Jeff Halpern Jeff Halpern Coyotes.jpg
Jeff Halpern
Eric Nystrom Eric Nystrom 2011-11-11.JPG
Eric Nystrom
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Mathieu Schneider
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Jason Zucker

Motor sports

Power sports

Rugby union

Skating

Sasha Cohen Sasha Cohen 2009 SOI Halifax Spiral.jpg
Sasha Cohen
Sarah Hughes Sarah Hughes.jpg
Sarah Hughes

Soccer (association football)

Swimming

Mark Spitz Mark Spitz 1972.jpg
Mark Spitz
Dara Torres Dara Torres 2crop.jpg
Dara Torres

Tennis

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Sofia Kenin

Track and field

Deena (Drossin) Kastor Deena Kastor at the 2007 Boston Marathon.jpg
Deena (Drossin) Kastor

Horse racing

Miscellaneous sports

See also

Jewish sports halls of fame in the United States

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