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Here's the ultimate gift book for all sports fans! It features profiles and photographs of the greatest Jewish athletes throughout world history. Many are well-known names: legendary pitcher Sandy Koufax, "Hammerin'" Hank Greenberg, basketball czar Red Auerbach, and all-star quarterback Sid Luckman. These, and countless other sports greats, are honored by the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in this grand coffee-table volume. Following the 1972 Olympics, a sportswriter referred to super-swimmer Mark Spitz as "the first great Jewish Athlete". How wrong he was! While Spitz’s seven-gold-medal achievement may never be topped, this book - reaching back two centuries to England's Jewish boxing champ Daniel Mendoza - illuminates the lives and unforgettable accomplishments of Jews in every major sport known to the world. This book reveals how Jews conceived baseball's World Series, invented basketball's "zone defense", and elevated the T-Formation to football's state-of-the-art high scoring offense. And in "The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame" you'll also discover Jewish athletes who achieved worldwide honors in fencing, figure skating, tennis, wrestling - and

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Author

Joseph M. Siegman

Publisher

Potomac Books, Incorporated

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9781561710287

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Sports, Memoir, Games