The Top 10 Jews in Other Sports

1. Max Baer: Although he wore a Star of David on his boxing shorts, only his father was Jewish, and he was raised Catholic. He is however considered a hero among Jews for knocking out German boxer Max Shmeling in 1933 and is in the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. 
2. Dick Savitt: Won Wimbledon in 1951. 
3. Amy Alcott: Won 29 LPGA Tour events and inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. 
4. Benny Leonard: Known as “The Ghetto Wizard” for being raised in the Jewish Ghetto of Manhattan, where he learned to fight. Considered the greatest Jewish boxer of all time. 
5. Bill Goldberg: Professional wrestling champion. Longest undefeated winning streak in professional wrestling. 
6. Helene Mayer: Considered one of the greatest Jewish fencers of all time. Competed for Germany in the 1936 Olympics. 
7. Carina Benninga: Dutch field hockey player and member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. 
8. Herman Barron: First Jewish golfer to win a PGA Tour event. 
9. Marty Hogan: Ranked #1 or #2 racquetball player in the world from 1976-1990. 
10. Kenny Bernstein: A drag racer known as the “The King of Speed,” by being the first to break 300 miles per hour in the quarter mile.

The Top 10 Jewish Coaches

1. Red Auerbach: Coach of the Boston Celtics. As general manager, team president, and coach, he won 16 NBA Championships.
2. Larry Brown: Coached several college and professional basketball teams. NCAA Division I Coach of the Year in 1988 for the Kansas Jayhawks.
3. Allie Sherman: Coach of the New York Giants from 1961-1969. NFL Coach of the Year in 1961 and 1962.
4. Lawrence Frank: Former coach of the New Jersey Nets.
5. Red Holzman: Head coach of the New York Nicks from 1967-1982.
6. Sid Gilman: NFL and AFL coach of the Rams, Chargers, and Oilers.
7. Marv Levy: NFL head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs (1978-1982) and Buffalo Bills (1986-1997).
8. Eddie Gottleib: Founded the Basketball Association of America, which later became the NBA. Also coached the Philadelphia Warriors.
9. Dolph Schayes: NBA coach of the year in 1966. Coached the US Maccabiah Games basketball team to a gold medal in 1977.
10. Doug Beal: Volleyball coach who coached the U.S. Men’s National Team to a gold medal in the 1984 Olympics.

* Honorable Mention: Nat Holman, Nancy Lieberman, Harry Litwack, Max Zaslofsky, Al Albert, Jay Berger, Brad Gilbert

The Top 10 Jewish Winter Olympians - The Frozen Chosen

1. Irving Jaffee: American 5,000 and 10,000 meter speed skating gold medalist in the 1932 Olympics. First Jew to win a medal in the Winter Olympics. 
2. Sarah Hughes: American 2002 Olympic gold medalist in Ladies’ Single figure skating. 
3. Oksana Baiul: Ukrainian Ladies’ Singles figure skating gold medalist in the 1994 Olympics. Unaware she was Jewish until 2003. 
4. Sacha Cohen: American 2006 silver medalist in Ladies’ Singles figure skating. 
5. Victor Zinger: Gold medalist as part of the 1968 Soviet Union ice hockey team (goal tender). 
6. Irina Slutskaya: Russian silver medalist in the 2002 Olympics, and bronze medalist in the 2006 Olympics, both in Ladies’ Singles figure skating. 
7. Sarah DeCosta Hays: American gold medalist in 1998 and silver medalist in 2002 for the women’s ice hockey team. 
8. Gennadi Karponosov and Natalya Linichuk: 1980 Soviet Union gold medalists in Pairs Ice Dancing. 
9. Ilia Averbukh and Irina Lobacheva: 2002 Russian silver medalists in Pairs Ice Dancing. 
10. Alain Calmat: 1964 French silver medalist in Men’s Singles figure skating.

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The Top 10 Jewish Football Players

1. Lyle Alzado: One of the most feared football players of all time. 
2. Benny Friedman: Considered football’s first great passer and first team All-American in 1925 and 1926. 
3. Sigmund Harris: All-American quarterback from 1902-1904, leading Minnesota to a 37-3-1 record. 
4. Ron Mix: Second AFL player to be named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 
5. Sid Luckman: Nine seasons as quarterback for the Chicago Bears, and won four NFL championships. 
6. Marshall Goldberg: Four-time NFL All-Pro in 1941, 1946, 1947, and 1948. 
7. Harry Newman: Started playing pro football in 1933 for the New York Giants. He was one of the highest paid football players of his time. 
8. Charles “Buckets” Goldenberg: 13 years with the Green Bay Packers, named the league’s All-1930s team. 
9. Benny Lom: Played from 1927-1929, he was one of the greatest triple-threat (runner, passer, kicker) players of all time. 
10. Harris Barton: First round draft pick of the San Francisco 49ers in 1987.

The Top 10 Jewish Basketball Players

1. Dolph Schayes: Named to 12 consecutive NBA All-Star games from 1951-1962. 
2. Nat Holman: In 1950, American sportswriters named him the third greatest player of the first half of the 20th century. 
3. Max Zaslofsky: Led the National Basketball League in scoring in 1947 with 1007 points. 
4. Max “Marty” Friedman: Played 20 years (1908-1927) for the New York Whirlwinds and considered one of the best defensive guards of his time. 
5. Barney Sedran: Only 5’4” and considered one of the greatest basketball players of the 1910s and 1920s. 
6. Larry Brown: 5’9” guard and winner of a gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. 
7. Sam Balter: Member of the 1936 Olympic basketball team, and only the Jewish-American to win a gold medal at the Berlin Olympics. 
8. Leonard Rosenbluth: Led the Tarheels to a 32-0 season in 1957, defeating Wilt Chamberlain’s Jayhawks. 
9. Danny Schayes: Averaged 13.9 points and 8.2 rebounds per game while playing for the Nuggets in 1987-1988. 
10. Art Heyman: Made the NBA All-Rookie Team in 1963.

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The Top 10 Jewish Baseball Players

1. Sandy Koufax: Famously known for not participating in a World Series game because it was on Yom Kippur. One of only two Jewish baseball players in the Hall of Fame. 
2. Henry “Hank” Greenberg: The second Jewish baseball player in the Hall of Fame. First Jew voted “Most Valuable Player” in the major leagues. 
3. Shawn Green: Of Jewish players, only Hank Greenberg had more home runs, and Buddy Myer had more hits. 
4. Al “Flip” Rosen: Played for the Indians. In 1953, he was the first unanimously selected “Most Valuable Player.” 
5. Charles “Buddy” Myer: Had the highest American League batting average in 1939 with a .349. 
6. Harry Danning: Played for the New York Giants. Hit greater than .300 for three consecutive seasons (1938-1940). 
7. Sidney Gordon: Known as a power hitter, and had one of the top slugging percentages in the National League. 
8. Lipman Pike: First professional baseball player. Accepted $20 per week to play for the Philadelphia Athletics in 1866. 
9. Steve Stone: Winner of the Cy Young award in 1980. 
10. Ken Holtzman: Pitcher for the Cubs, Yankees, A’s and Orioles. American League All-Star team in 1972 and 1973.

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The Top 10 Jewish Summer Olympians

1. Marc Spitz: Considered by many to be the greatest swimmer of all-time. He won seven gold medals during the 1972 Olympics, and four medals during the previous 1968 Olympics. 
2. Dara Torres: Only swimmer in Olympic history to medal in five Olympiads. 
3. Maria Gorochovskaya: She won seven medals for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Olympics as a gymnast, the most medals ever won by a woman in a single Olympics game.
4. Mitch Gaylord: Won four gymnastics medals during the 1984 Olympics: a gold in team, a silver in vaulting, and a bronze in rings and parallel bars. 
5. Lenny Krayzelburg: Four-time Olympic swimming gold medalist in 2000 and 2004. 
6. Kerri Strug: Her performance during the 1996 Olympics helped the United States win its first team gold medal in gymnastics. 
7. Jason Lezak: Winner of four Olympic gold medals in swimming in the 2000, 2004, and 2008 games. 
8. Agnes Keleti: Hungarian gymnast who won 10 Olympic medals in the 1952 and 1956 Olympiads, at the age of 31 and 35 respectively. 
9. Alfred and Gustav Flatow: German gymnastics gold medalist cousins in the first Olympics of the modern games in 1896. First Jews to win Olympic medals. 
10. Gal Fridman: Won the gold medal for windsurfing in 2004 (first gold medal for Israel in the Olympics.) 

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