Marvin Hershkowitz
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Marvin Hershkowitz (March 7, 1931 – May 4, 2020) was the captain of the Yeshiva University Maccabees basketball team in the 1950s,[1] under the leadership of coach Bernard “Red” Sarachek.[2] Hershkowitz later became a coach of the team.[3]
Hershkowitz was born in the Bronx. He was an All-City selection from DeWitt Clinton High School, where he served as varsity team captain, as the team won the New York City Championship in his junior year.[4]
He joined the Yeshiva University team after playing for CCNY for his freshman year.[5] From 1954 to 1957, he was an assistant coach and assistant athletic director at Yeshiva University.[6]
He immigrated to Israel in 1977.[6] Hershkowitz became the administrative director of Yeshivat HaDarom in Rehovot, Israel.[7]
In 2017, Hershkowitz was inducted to the Yeshiva University’s Athletics Hall of Fame.[8] He was the first player in the team’s history to score more than 1,000 points; he scored 1,095 in 54 games.[9] This record ranked him 26th in team history.[3] He held the record for most average points per game for three years (1950–1953),[10] and the record for most field goals (113) in a season.