Day by Day in Jewish Sports HistoryIf you ve ever wondered about Jews in sports and who hasn t this is the book for you. And it s not just Mark Spitz, Sandy Koufax, and Hank Greenberg. Covering every day of the year to include thousands of names, records, events, and achievements of all kinds, from virtually every sport you can think of and some you can t, this book is the definitive picture of the role Jews have played in world sports informative, enlightening, easy to read, and entertaining in a 432-page calendar book format. You ll never wonder again. It gives you all the basic information and statistics, from baseball to figure skating, from boxing to track and field, from hockey to bowling, tennis, gymnastics, soccer, Olympic winners including 160 sports quiz questions and sports you never heard of, American and international, amateur and professional. Day by Day in Jewish Sports History, by sportswriter Bob Wechsler, tells it all. It s a fascinating book. You ll never regret reading and owning this book. |
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15 points Athletics bantamweight Benny capture career CCNY champion Chicago Bears Chicago Cubs Chicago White Sox Cleveland Indians coach Cohen Detroit Tigers doubleheader doubles featherweight title fencing field goal final football freestyle GAMEBREAKERS gold medal gymnastics Hall of Fame Hank Greenberg hard-court Harry heavyweight hits Hockey League home runs homer Hungary wins Israel Israeli Jewish JEWS knocks Larry League game major-league MAZEL TOUGH middleweight Mike National AAU NCAA Penn Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia Sphas pitcher pitches Pittsburgh Pirates player points to lead rebounds RECORD SETTERS retain his world round Sandy Koufax Schayes scores 15 season sets a world Shawn Green shot put shutout Sid Luckman silver medal soccer STAR IS BORN Steve STRONG IN DEFEAT swimming Syracuse tennis championship tennis tournament throws touchdown pass track and field TRANSITIONS two-run U.S. Olympic Committee victory welterweight title wins a 15-round women's world record yards York Giants York Knicks