(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, Myer was the oldest in the family. From 1923-1934 heRead More →
(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 was the oldest in the family. From 1923-1934 heRead More →
(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 Austria, Myer was the oldest in the family. From 1923-1934Read More →
(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 forced him to withdraw to take over the family business,Read More →
(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 basketball and also played hockey. He also played for theRead More →
(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 to arrange an athletic scholarship. At Georgetown, he was consideredRead More →