(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 basketball. He continued those three sports at the Dean AcademyRead More →
(-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 played semi-pro baseball for several different teams in Hartford andRead More →
(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 at NYU he got sports correspondents jobs that enabled himRead More →
(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 the basketball team. He went on to Trinity College, whereRead More →
(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 to the largest jewelry store in the state, employing 75Read More →
(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 United States and was ranked from 1936-40 by the U.S.Read More →