(1911-2008) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1984 Born in Albany, Edith Cooper graduated from Albany Teacher’s College and moved to Hartford after living in Washington, D.C. where she worked for the U.S. government during World War II. In […]
(1905-1955) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1985 Born in Hartford, Abraham “Butch” Cohen played football on Dartmouth College’s undefeated 1925 national championship team and graduated from there in 1927. At Hartford High School, he played baseball, football and
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(-1994) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1985 William Chtoiner was a graduate of Weaver High School, where he played baseball, basketball, and football. He was chosen for the first team of the All-city baseball team in 1934. He
(1907-1986) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Greater Hartford, 1985 Sportswriter Louis Black immigrated from Lithuania as a young child, graduated from Hartford Public High School and majored in journalism at New York University, graduating in 1930. While
(1908-2000) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 1984 Born in Hartford in 1908, Bialeck was the first Jewish student to letter at Weaver High School, where he starred for four years on the football team and two years on
(1901-1995) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Greater Hartford, 1983 Bill Savitt was a lifelong business and civic leader in Hartford. He developed his jewelry business from a one-man operation that he started at the age of 18
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(1917-2002) Inducted into Sports Hall of Fame 1984 Born in New York City in 1917, Abrahms graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School and the City College of New York. He became one of the outstanding table tennis players in the
(1923-2014) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1983 Born in Hartford, Sylvia Greenbaum graduated from Weaver High School in 1940. She was a WAVE in the U.S. Navy during World War II, serving as Aviation Machinist Mate 1st Class.
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(1957-2002) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1995 Harriet Novarr grew up in Hartford, attended the Yeshiva of Hartford and graduated from Hartford Public High School. In high school, she was all-state in basketball and volleyball. She was a
Louis Rogow (1887 -1991) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1983 Louis Rogow came to the United States from Kiev in 1908, at the age of 11. He worked at the Hartford Machine Screw Company and at Pratt
