International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame - Pillar of Achievement

Pillar of Achievement

The Pillar of Achievement recognizes Jewish men and women who have made significant contributions to sports and to the world community through sports.

Name Country Field Year
Jesse Abramson† USA Media 1995
Maury Allen USA Media 2009
Jehoshua Alouf Israel Official/Administrator 1981
Robert Atlasz Israel Official/Administrator 1986
Baruch Bagg Israel Official/Administrator 1981
Moe Berg USA Baseball/Patriot 1983
Gretel Bergmann Germany Track & Field 1980
Ira Berkow USA Media 2006
Dr. Richard Blum Germany Official/Administrator 1983
Alfréd Brüll Hungary Official/Administrator 1995
John Brunswick USA Bowling 1996
Daniel Bukantz USA Official/Administrator 2001
Si Burick† USA Media 2000
Murray Chass USA Media 2012
Haskell Cohen USA Official/Media 1991
Dan Daniel† USA Media 1996
Bill Davidson† USA Basketball 2012
Massimo Della Pergola Italy Official/Media 1989
Judith Deutsch Austria Swimming 1981
Lajos Dömény-Deutsch† Hungary Official/Administrator 1995
Leo Donáth Hungary Swimming 1999
Leone Efrati Italy Boxing 2000
Al Munro Elias† USA Media 2003
Red Fisher Canada Media 1999
György Szepesi (born Friedländer) Hungary Media 1998
Ian Froman South Africa Tennis 1991
Harry L. Getz South Africa Official/Administrator 1985
Emmanuel Gill Israel Official/Administrator 1983
Harry Glickman USA Official/Administrator 1995
Marty Glickman USA Media 1996
Chaim Glovinsky Israel Official/Administrator 1982
Julius Goldman Canada Basketball 1999
Kenneth Gradon Great Britain Official/Administrator 2002
Al Greenberg USA Media 1993
Bud Greenspan USA Media 1995
Pierre Guildesgame Great Britain Official/Administrator 1985
Lester Harrison USA Basketball 1991
Sidney Halter Canada Football 2005
Gladys Heldman USA Tennis/Media 1989
Harry Henshel USA Official/Administrator 1983
Jerome Holtzman† USA Media 2005
Joseph Inbar Israel Official/Administrator 1989
Mike Jacobs USA Boxing 1993
Hank Kaplan USA Media 2004
Henry Kaplan USA Boxing 2004
Ferenc Kemény Hungary Official/Administrator 1996
Leonard Koppett USA Media 2011
Kurt Lamm USA Soccer 1993
Harold Landesberg USA Official/Administrator 1983
Fred Lebow USA Official/Administrator 1994
Dr. Herman Leweller USA Official/Administrator 1987
A.J. Liebling† USA Media 1998
Bill Lippy USA Official/Administrator 1997
Willy Meisl† Germany
Great Britain
Media 1986
Marvin Miller USA Official/Administrator 2001
Barney Nagler† USA Media 1992
Ben Olan USA Media 1994
Murray Olderman USA Media 1997
Charles Ornstein† USA Official/Administrator 1984
Orna Ostfeld Israel Basketball 2009
Bernard Postal† USA Media 1986
Shirley Povich USA Media 1992
Julia Jones Pugliese† USA Fencing 2002
Jimmie Reese† USA Baseball 1995
Joe Reichler† USA Media 2008
Harold U. Ribalow† USA Media 2009
Ed Sabol USA Media 1996
Al Schacht† USA Baseball 2008
Dick Schaap† USA Media 2003
Eric Seelig† Germany Boxing 1992
Joseph Shane USA Official/Administrator 2002
Jesse Silver USA Media 1989
Roy Silver USA Media 1989
Harry Simmons† Canada Official/Administrator 2007
Emmanuel Simon† Israel Official/Administrator 1983
Dr. Uri Simri Israel Official/Administrator 1991
Margaredt Sonnenfeld Israel Official/Coach 1997
Oscar State† Great Britain Official/Weightlifting 1989
Louis Stein† USA Official/Bowling 1992
Bill Stern† USA Media 2001
Sam Stoller† USA Track & Field 2007
Artur Takač Yugoslavia Official/Administrator 1989
Sam Taub (deceased) USA Media 1993
Irving Ungerman Canada Boxing 1994
Ben Weider Canada Body Building 1992
Joe Weider Canada Body Building 1992
Chaim Wein† Israel Official/Administrator 1986
Joseph Yekuteli† Israel Official/Administrator 1982
Aviezer Yellin† Israel Official/Administrator 1984
Paul Ziffren† USA Official/Administrator 1993
Harold O. Zimman† USA Official/Media 1991
  • NB: † denotes a posthumous induction

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