Samuel Levy
(1913-1997) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1989 Born in Hartford, Levy learned basketball at the local YMCA and at Bulkley High School. He played on the varsity team at Bulkeley for four years and was captain for […]
Daniel Goldberg
Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1997 A 1985 graduate of the Kingswood-Oxford School from Avon, Connecticut, Goldberg was an internationally ranked tennis player and a member of the United States national team. He was the top player
Samuel Fierstein
(1920-1994) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1997 The Fiersteins were amateur and professional boxers from the 1920s through the 1940s, and may have been the only group of Jewish brothers who were boxers in Connecticut. Born in Austria,
Harry Fierstein
(1913-1983) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1997 The Fiersteins were amateur and professional boxers from the 1920s through the 1940s, and may have been the only group of Jewish brothers who were boxers in Connecticut. Born in Austria,
Myer Fierstein
(1907-1959) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1997 The Fiersteins were amateur and professional boxers from the 1920s through the 1940s, and may have been the only group of Jewish brothers who were boxers in Connecticut. Born in
Myer “Lux” Ellovich
(1907-1990) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1986 A native of Hartford, Ellovich graduated from the Northwest School and Weaver High School in 1926. He continued his education at the University of Connecticut but his father’s death in 1929
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Jacob Dunn
(1918-1983) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1992 Jacob Dunn grew up in Hartford and graduated from Hartford Public High School, where he played basketball and football. At the University of Connecticut, he received letters in football and
Maurice “Mush” Dubofsky
(1909-1970) Inducted to the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1988 Mush Dubofsky began his football career at Weaver High School in the mid-1920s under coach Fred Stone. Dubofsky’s friend Sam Hyman encouraged him to go to Georgetown University and helped
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Raymond Dragat
(1902-2003) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1987 Born and raised in Hartford, Dragat graduated from Hartford Public High School in 1920, Yale College in 1924, and Yale Law School in 1926. He played baseball and basketball both
Jonah “Johnny” Dobrutsky
(1922-1996) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1986 Jonah Dobrutsky was one of the Jewish community’s outstanding all-around athletes, playing baseball, football, and basketball. Born in Montreal, he moved to Hartford as a baby and in 1940 graduated from
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