Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 1983 Bennett Meyers played three sports – baseball, basketball, and football – at Weaver High School and was chosen for the All-City Basketball Team in 1933. He went on to Amherst where he served as captain of the baseball team and was votedRead More →
(1913-2011) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1985 Born in New York City, Liebert moved to Hartford at a young age. He attended the Arsenal School and Hartford Public High School, graduating in 1931. As a teenager he worked in his father’s kosher meat market, learning the trade. HeRead More →
(1901-1970) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1983 Born in Russia, Kaplan came to the U.S. with his family at age 5 and settled in Meriden. With a fifth-grade education, he was peddling fruit when a street gang framed him for stealing from a vendor. He beat the gang’sRead More →
(1930-2016) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1983 A Hartford native, Isenberg attended the Loomis School, where he lettered in football his junior and senior year and served as team captain his senior year. He also lettered in baseball and basketball, earning his superlative as “Best Athlete.” He wentRead More →
(1899-1973) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1984 Sam Hyman grew up in Hartford and became the most famous baseball player of the area. At Hartford High School, he played football, basketball and baseball, but is most remembered as a pitcher with an explosive fast ball. Largely through hisRead More →
Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1985 Born in New York, Frieda earned a BA from Hunter College and attended the Seminary College of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. At Hunter, she played varsity basketball and competed in varsity fencing, from 1929 to 1932. She won a silverRead More →