Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame

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FormationJanuary 1990; 36 years ago (1990-01)
Location(s)
Region served
United States
Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
FormationJanuary 1990; 36 years ago (1990-01)
TypeHall of Fame
Location(s)
Region served
United States
Websitescjewishsportshof.org

The Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, in Beverly Hills, California, is a hall of fame dedicated to honoring American Jewish athletes, other sports personalities, and teams from Southern California who have distinguished themselves in sports.[1]

Inductee Sandy Koufax

The Hall of Fame was established in 1990 by a group of men and women organized by former All-America basketball player Eli Sherman.[2][3][4][5][6] It is located in Bel Air, California, at the American Jewish University.[7][8] It honors Southern California Jewish athletes, coaches, officials, media, executives, and others at both professional and non-professional levels.[3][9] It also supports the Maccabiah Games in Israel, JCC Maccabi Games, and the Allan Malamud Memorial Scholarship Fund.[3]

It has honored over 300 Jewish men, women, and teams.[3] Inductees have included (for example) swimmers Mark Spitz and Lenny Krayzelburg, baseball Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax, all-around athlete Lillian Copeland, water polo player Merrill Moses, tennis players Brian Teacher and Stacy Margolin, and football coach Sid Gillman.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

Hall of Fame

1990

  • Amy Alcott (Golf 1990)
  • Sam Balter (Media 1990)
  • Ron Barak (Gymnastics 1990)
  • Marty Biegel (Basketball 1990)
  • David Blackburn (Fastpitch Softball 1990)
  • Carl Borack (Fencing 1990)
  • Mitch Chortkoff (Media 1990)
  • Harlan Cohen (Volleyball 1990)
  • Lillian Copeland (Track & Field 1990)
  • Harry Edelson (Football 1990)
  • Herb Flam (Tennis 1990)
  • Sam Franklin (Swimming 1990)
  • Michael Franks (Tennis 1990)
  • Larry Friend (Basketball 1990)
  • Mitch Gaylord (Gymnastics 1990)
  • Sid Gillman (Football 1990)
  • Bill Harmatz (Horse Racing 1990)
  • Jimmy Jacobs (Handball 1990)
  • Erwin Klein (Table Tennis 1990)
  • Sandy Koufax (Baseball 1990)
  • Cheryl Kriegsman (Swimming 1990)
  • Deborah Lipman-McCormick (Diving 1990)
  • Sol H. Marshall (Maccabee Award 1990)
  • Ron Mix (Football 1990)
  • Dennis Needleman (Water Polo 1990)
  • Shannon Orcutt (Swimming 1990)
  • Jimmy Reese (Pillar of Achievement 1990)
  • Leonard Reifman (Pillar of Achievement 1990)
  • Murray Rosenstein (Officiating 1990)
  • Roy Salter (Water Polo 1990)
  • Gene Selznick (Volleyball 1990)
  • Sharon Shapiro (Gymnastics 1990)
  • Sidney Shapiro (Maccabee Award 1990)
  • Eli Sherman (Basketball 1990)
  • Joseph Siegman (Pillar of Achievement 1990)
  • Frank Spellman (Weightlifting 1990)
  • Mark Spitz (Swimming 1990)
  • Jenny Susser (Swimming 1990)
  • Valerie Zimring (Rhythmic Gymnastics 1990)

1991

  • Alan Dolensky (Basketball 1991)
  • Herman Epstein (Sports Medicine 1991)
  • Michael Epstein (Baseball 1991)
  • Roy Firestone (Media 1991)
  • Allen Fox (Tennis 1991)
  • Brian Ginsberg (Gymnastics 1991)
  • Sue Gozansky (Volleyball 1991)
  • Charlie Harris (Water Polo 1991)
  • Jack Hirsch (Basketball 1991)
  • Martin "Marty" Hogan (Racquetball 1991)
  • Burt Kanner (Swimming 1991)
  • Irv Kaze (Pillar of Achievement 1991)
  • Allan Malamud (Media 1991)
  • Steve Marcus (Track & Field 1991)
  • Eli Marmur (Soccer 1991)
  • Don Rosenthal (Swimming 1991)
  • Marty Rubinoff (Fastpitch Softball 1991)
  • Sheldon Sidlow (Maccabee Award 1991)
  • Simon Singer (Handball 1991)
  • Eric Sondheimer (Media 1991)

1993

  • Steve Bisheff (Media 1993)
  • Jerome Bobrow (Maccabee Award 1993)
  • Phil Bruder (Fastpitch Softball 1993)
  • Barry Cowan (Maccabee Award 1993)
  • Al Franken (Track & Field 1993)
  • Roz Goldenberg (Basketball 1993)
  • Barry Goldfarb (Swimming 1993)
  • Joel Kramer (Basketball 1993)
  • Bruce Manson (Tennis 1993)
  • Steve Miller (Basketball 1993)
  • Fred Roggin (Media 1993)
  • Robert Rosenfeld (Sports Medicine 1993)
  • Larry Sherry (Baseball 1993)
  • Howard Slavin (Officiating 1993)
  • Michael Sondheimer (Media 1993)
  • Lawrence Weinberg (Pillar of Achievement 1993)
  • George Wikler (Gymnastics 1993)
  • Stacy Winsberg (Fastpitch Softball 1993)
  • Max Wozniak (Soccer 1993)

1994

  • Barry Ackerman (Maccabee Award 1994)
  • Steve Berk (Coaching 1994)
  • Myron Berliner (Football 1994)
  • Jerome Bornstein (Sports Medicine 1994)
  • Aileen Eaton (Boxing 1994)
  • Dana Gilbert (Tennis 1994)
  • Art Harris (Baseball 1994)
  • Arnold Klein (Gymnastics 1994)
  • Jerry Nemer (Basketball 1994)
  • Bernard Samuels (Officiating 1994)
  • Norm Sherry (Baseball 1994)
  • Leigh Steinberg (Pillar of Achievement 1994)
  • Robert Steiner (Media 1994)

1996

1997

  • Howard Abrams (Basketball 1997)
  • Harry Adelman (Football 1997)
  • Ronald Botchan (Officiating 1997)
  • Steve Brener (Media 1997)
  • Julius Heldman (Tennis 1997)
  • Alan Hoisch (Football 1997)
  • Robert Karns (Sports Medicine 1997)
  • Daniel Kutler (Swimming 1997)
  • Vic Lapiner (Baseball 1997)
  • Norman Marks (Gymnastics 1997)
  • Lisa Rosenfield (Media 1997)
  • Paul Soifer (Maccabee Award 1997)
  • Neil Stone (Gymnastics 1997)
  • Julian Wolf (Rowing 1997)

1998

  • Steve Becker (Maccabee Award 1998)
  • Stuart Blumkin (Water Sports 1998)
  • David Epstein (Track and Field 1998)
  • Zvi Friedman (Soccer 1998)
  • Joel Gershon (Football 1998)
  • Dennis Gilbert (Sports Agent 1998)
  • Daniel Goodman (Media 1998)
  • Monty Hall (Pillar of Achievement 1998)
  • Hal Lambert (Football 1998)
  • Maccabee Los Angeles Soccer Team (Soccer 1998)
  • Ross Newhan (Media 1998)
  • Paul C. Raphael (Table Tennis 1998)
  • Ray Rosenbaum (Media 1998)
  • Michelle Steinberger (Swimming 1998)
  • Eliot Teltscher (Tennis 1998)
  • Sanford L. Werner (Gymnastics 1998)

2000

2001

  • Carol Altschiller-Heiser (Golf 2001)
  • Andrew Bernstein (Media 2001)
  • Robert Breitbard (Pillar of Achievement 2001)
  • Martin Denkin (Boxing 2001)
  • Alan Epstein (Media 2001)
  • Shawn Green (Baseball 2001)
  • Eugene V. Klein (Pillar of Achievement 2001)
  • Lenny Krayzelburg (Swimming 2001)
  • Richard Levin (Media 2001)
  • Deborah Mink (Gymnastics 2001)
  • Ephraim Moxson (Media 2001)
  • Robert Masters Myman (Water Polo 2001)
  • Milt Nemiroff (Tennis 2001)
  • Harry Ornest (Pillar of Achievement 2001)
  • Ron Rapoport (Media 2001)
  • Beth Silverman (Kaminkow) (Softball 2001)

2003

2004

  • Sheldon Andrens (Baseball 2004)
  • Anne Barber (Lawn Bowling 2004)
  • Bill Caplan (Boxing 2004)
  • Stan Cline (Sports Artist 2004)
  • Marc Dellins (Media 2004)
  • Carl Earn (Tennis 2004)
  • Leland Faust (Water Polo 2004)
  • Bobby Frankel (Horse Racing 2004)
  • Derrick Hall (Media 2004)
  • Sol Hauptman (Paddle Tennis 2004)
  • Bill Libby (Pillar of Achievement 2004)
  • Barry Lorge (Media 2004)
  • Stacy Margolin (Tennis 2004)
  • Ira Pauly (Football 2004)
  • Richard Perelman (Track & Field 2004)
  • Dana and David Pump (Pillar of Achievement 2004)
  • Ken Schwartz (Fastpitch Softball 2004)
  • Jerry Simon (Basketball 2004)
  • Dara Torres (Swimming 2004)

2006

2008

2010

2011

2014

2015

2016

2018

2020

2022

[20]

  • Max Fried (Baseball 2022)
  • Josh Satin (Baseball 2022)
  • Daisy Feder (Basketball 2022)
  • Bud Kling (Coaching/Admin 2022)
  • Todd Wolfson (Coaching/Admin 2022)
  • Jennifer Horowitz (Fencing 2022)
  • Ben Rosin (Football 2022)
  • Max Homa (Golf 2022)
  • Donna Turnbow (Gymnastics 2022)
  • David Cohen (Horse Racing 2022)
  • Arielle Ship (Soccer 2022)
  • Cara Blumfield (Softball 2022)
  • Bill Shaikin (Sports Media 2022)
  • Rebecca Mehra (Track & Field 2022)
  • Gabrielle Domanic-Fernandez (Water Polo 2022)
  • Lee Zeidman (Pillar of Achievement 2022)
  • Eli Sherman (Pillar of Achievement 2022)

2023-2024

[21]

2025

  • Marshal Salomon (Bike 2025)

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