Jewish Sports Stars
GOLDMAN rom Sandy Koufax, one of the best Fpitchers in Major League Baseball history, to Olympic gymnastics hero Aly Raisman, Jewish Sports Stars takes readers on a journey of some of the greatest STARS JEWISH SPORTS moments of Jewish sports stars past and present. This book is packed full with fascinating facts, statistics, and stories about some of sports’ biggest stars. ATHLETIC HEROES PAST AND PRESENT HEROES PAST ATHLETIC KAR-BEN This Page Left Blank Intentionally DAVID J. GOLDMAN To my sister, Sharon Goldman Lerner, and cousin, Jay David Kremen, who were stars to me and loved sports in their own way, and to Jeremy Glick and the other athlete-heroes of Flight 93. —D.J.G. David J. Goldman received his journalism and law degrees at the University of Minnesota. He lives in Minneapolis, where he continues a lifelong interest in playing and following sports. He shares this interest with his two sons and grandson. David Goldman is also the author of Presidential Losers, published by Lerner Publications Company. Text copyright © 2013 by David J. Goldman All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means— electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review. KAR-BEN PUBLISHING A division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55401 U.S.A. 800-4KARBEN Website address: www.karben.com Main body text set in ITC Stone Serif Std Medium 10/14.
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