Famous Jewish Athletes Of All Time

Lenny Krayzelburg, Mark Spitz and Sue Bird are a few famous Jewish athletes.

Jewish athletes have achieved several milestones in the past few decades and have played pivotal roles in the successes of their teams. Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg were two former Baseball players who represented the teams ‘Los Angeles Dodgers’ and ‘Detroit Tigers’ respectively. Koufax contributed as a pitcher to his team for a period of eleven years and played 12 seasons before hanging his boots. Mark Spitz is an American swimmer of Jewish descent who made the USA proud at the 1972 Olympic Games. He alone bagged around seven medals at the event, a feat which took many sports lovers and critics by surprise. Dara Torres, Sue Bird, Sasha Cohen and Lenny Krayzelburg are a few other famous Jewish athletes.

Howard Schultz
(Chairman & CEO of Starbucks)

19 July 1953

Brooklyn

American

Cancer

Al Davis
(American Football Coach & Executive)

04 July 1929

08 October 2011

Brockton

American

Cancer

Bill Goldberg
(Film actor, Actor, American football player, Professional wrestler, Sports commentator, Television presenter, Player of Canadian football, Television actor, Podcaster)

27 December 1966

Tulsa

American

Capricorn