Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1995 A track star at Great Neck High School in New York, Boston University and Long Island University, Silpe won a gold medal for the U.S. at the Fifth Maccabiah Games in Israel in 1957. As a student he won the NewRead More →
(1943-2022) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1992 Born in Hartford, Siegal was an outstanding member of the varsity baseball and soccer teams at Conard High School in West Hartford, graduating in 1961. He played baseball for four years at Bryant College and was captain his senior year.Read More →
(1909-1937) Inducted in the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1988 In his short life, “Socky” Sherman became one of Weaver High School’s great basketball players, playing under Coach Fred Stone. He captained the team for two years, during which time it was the first local high school team to qualifyRead More →
(1929-2012) Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1989 A native of Hartford, Sharnik made his biggest mark as a sports journalist and boxing promoter. Growing up in West Hartford, he was on the football, basketball and track teams in local schools and at the Cheshire Academy. He leftRead More →
(1942- Inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1985 Growing up in Willimantic, Shapiro was active in athletics at Windham High School, taking part in the sports opportunities available to girls at that time. She was part of winning teams in the intramural program in badminton, basketball, softball andRead More →
(1917-1998) Inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1986 Born in Boston, Schwolsky grew up in West Hartford, graduating from Hall High School in 1935. He graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1939 and earned a law degree in 1942 from the Hartford College of Law (now the UniversityRead More →