Formation | March 21, 1993 (first induction ceremony) |
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Type | Hall of Fame |
Headquarters | Commack, New York |
Coordinates | 40°49′45.19″N73°18′12.03″W / 40.8292194°N 73.3033417°W |
Region served | United States |
Chairperson | Matt Golden |
Website | syjcc.org |
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]
Name | Induction Year | Sport | Notes |
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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 | |
Scott Levy | 2009 | Wrestling | |
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 | |
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 | |
Adam Greenberg | 2014 | Baseball | |
Angela Buxton | 2014 | Tennis | |
Don Goldstein | 2014 | Basketball | |
Barry Kramer | 2014 | Basketball | |
Jay Berger | 2014 | Tennis | |
Joel Segal | 2014 | Football executive | NFL agent |
Mark Roth | 2014 [7] | Bowling | |
Lenny Krayzelburg | 2015 [8] | Swimming | |
Wayne Goldstein | 2015 | Coaching | |
Joel Cohen | 2015 | Sportswriter | |
Lester Feuerstein | 2015 | Coaching | |
Lenny Silberman | 2015 | Coaching | |
Maxwell Jacob Friedman | 2023 | Professional Wrestling | Related to Benny Friedman. |
In addition to inducted Hall of Fame members, it presents periodic awards as follows:
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.
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Awarded to Lenny Silberman (Executive), Andy Bloom (shot put), Ron Carner (executive), Dave Cohen (football coach), Gerald Eskenazi (columnist), Jay Fiedler (football), Ken Fiedler (basketball coach), Stan Fischler (broadcasting), Alan Freedman (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).
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