Sports
- Herbert Vollmer (1914) was 1924 Olympic Bronze Medalist in Water Polo
- Ray Arcel (1917) International Boxing Hall of Fame
- Frank Hussey (1924) sprinter; 1924 Olympic Gold Medalist
- Albert Axelrod (1938) was 1960 Olympic Bronze Medalist in foil fencing
- Nat Militzok (ca. 1941), NBA basketball player
- Jack Molinas (1949) former NBA player and key figure in the NCAA point shaving scandal
- Charlie Scott (1966) former NBA player and Olympic gold medallist in 1968
- Nolan Becker (2009) Drafted by Cincinnati Reds in 2012 MLB Draft
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“I looked so much like a guy you couldn’t tell if I was a boy or a girl. I had no hair, I wore guys’ clothes, I walked like a guy ... [ellipsis in source] I didn’t do anything right except sports. I was a social dropout, but sports was a way I could be acceptable to other kids and to my family.”
—Karen Logan (b. 1949)
“Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.”
—Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)
“It was so hard to pry this door open, and if I mess up I know the people behind me are going to have it that much harder. Because then there’s living proof. They can sit around and say, “See? It doesn’t work.” I don’t want to be their living proof.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)