Memorials
- David Berger National Memorial in Beachwood, Ohio honors the memory of Berger and his fallen teammates.
- In 2002, New Orleans renamed "Avenger Field," located in Audubon Park, "David Berger - Avenger Field" in memory of Berger and the other victims of terrorism."
- Berger, and the ten other members of the 1972 Israeli Olympic team killed in Munich, was inducted into the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
- The Shaker Heights High School weight room is named after Berger.
- The David Berger Memorial Weightlifting Tournament is held every year at the Lost Battalion Hall in Rego Park, Queens, NY.
- David Berger AZA #1823 is a BBYO chapter in Cleveland, Ohio named in honor of him. The chapter has visited the Berger house, saw his medals and academic accomplishments and heard personally of his character and dreams
- David Berger AZA #2059 is a BBYO chapter named for him in Dallas
- David Berger is also the name of a street in Ashkelon, Israel.
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