List of British Jewish sportspeople
This is a list of notable Jewish British sportspeople. For other British Jews, see List of British Jews; for Jewish sportspeople from other countries, see List of Jews in sport.
Association football
- Nick Blackman, Barbados International
- Chris Cohen, Assistant manager of Lincoln City and former player
- George Cohen, Fulham and England's 1966 World Cup team, full back
- Bradley Goldberg, England, forward
- Joe Jacobson, Wales, left back (Wycombe Wanderers)[1]
- Scott Kashket, England, striker for Sutton United F.C.
- Josh Kennet, England, midfielder/right back (Maccabi Herzliya)
- Mark Lazarus, England, right winger
- Tom Rosenthal.
Boxing
- Barney Aaron (Young), English-born US lightweight, Hall of Fame[2]
- Jackie Kid Berg,[3] Junior Welterweight Champion (IBHOF), wore a Star of David on his trunks
- Roman Greenberg,[4][5] IBO intercontinental heavyweight champion
- Gary Jacobs, Scottish, British, Commonwealth, and European (EBU) champion welterweight[6]
- Ted "Kid" Lewis (Gershon Mendeloff),[7] world welterweight champion 1915–16, 1917–19
- Daniel Mendoza,[8] 18th-century heavyweight world champion, family relative of actor Peter Sellers and Mike Mendoza (talksport), radio and television presenter
- Dutch Sam (Samuel Elias), boxing pioneer known as "The Terrible Jew"
- Young Dutch Sam, bare-knuckle boxing pioneer
- Sid Smith, world flyweight champion in 1913
- Matt Wells, lightweight and welterweight champion, in 1911 and 1914[9]
- Charley White (Charles Anchowitz), lightweight boxer from 1906 until 1923
Cricket
- Mike Barnard, England, cricketer
- Mark Bott, England, cricketer[10]
- Darren Gerard, England, cricketer[11]
- Steven Herzberg, English-born Australian, cricketer[12]
- Bev Lyon, England, cricketer
- Dar Lyon, England, cricketer (brother of Bev)
- John Raphael, England, batsman
- Fred Trueman, cricketer (Jewish ancestry)[13]
Fencing
- Allan Jay, British (épée and foil), Olympic two-time silver, world champion
- Edgar Seligman (1867–1958), British (épée, foil, and sabre), Olympic two-time silver (épée), two-time British champion in each weapon
Motorsport
- Woolf Barnato, British racing driver, financier and cricketer, three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans[14]
- Sheila van Damm, British rally driver[15]
Rowing
- Zoe De Toledo, Olympic medalist
- Josh West, American-born British, men's eight, Olympic silver, 2x World Rowing Championships silver and one bronze[16]
Rugby league
- Lewis Harris, England, English rugby league[17]
Rugby union
- Aaron Liffchak, England, prop, England national team[18]
- Alan Menter, England/South Africa, South Africa national team
- John Raphael, Belgium/England, England national team
Sailing
- Tony Bullimore, Britain, yachtsman[19]
- Peter Jaffe, Britain, Olympic silver (yachting; star-class)
Table tennis
- Viktor Barna (born "Győző Braun"), Hungary/Britain, 22-time world champion, International Table Tennis Foundation Hall of Fame (ITTFHoF)
- Richard Bergmann, Austria/Britain, seven-time world champion, ITTFHoF
- Benny Casofsky, English Swaythling Cup player
- Jeff Ingber
- Hyman Lurie, English three-time world bronze medallist
- Ivor Montagu, Britain, national team
Tennis
- Angela Buxton, England, won 1956 French Women's Doubles (w/Althea Gibson) and 1956 Wimbledon Women's Doubles (w/Gibson), highest world ranking # 9[20][21]
- Daniel Prenn, Germany and Britain, highest world ranking, #6
Track and field
- Harold Abrahams, Britain, sprinter, Olympic champion (100-metre sprint) and silver (4×100-m relay) who was immortalized in the film Chariots of Fire[22][23]
- Sir Sidney Abrahams, Britain, Olympic long jumper[24]
- Jo Ankier, Britain, record holder (1,500m & 3,000m steeplechase)[25]
- David Jacobs, first British Jew to win Olympic gold.[26]
- Harry Kane, Britain, Olympic hurdler[27]
Weightlifting
- Ben Helfgott, Polish-born British, three-time British champion (lightweight), three-time Maccabiah champion; survived Buchenwald and Theresienstadt concentration camps, as all but one other of his family were killed by the Nazis
- Edward Lawrence Levy, Britain, world weightlifting champion; 14 world records
Wrestling
- Noam Dar, Israeli-born Scottish wrestler
- Fred Oberlander, Austrian, British, and Canadian wrestler; world champion (freestyle heavyweight); Maccabiah champion
- Samuel Rabin, Britain, Olympic bronze (freestyle middleweight)
Other sports
- Ludwig Guttmann,[28] founder of the Paralympics
- David Pleat, former football manager[29]
- Barry Silkman, footballer and agent
- David Triesman,[30] former chairman of the Football Association
References
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- ^ Ron Jackson (17 January 2010). "Barney Aaron–Star of the East Shone in London". Richmark Sentinel. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
- ^ "Jackie "Kid" Berg". jewishsports.net.
- ^ Roman Greenberg site Archived 4 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine "the first Jewish world heavyweight champion in more than a quarter-century." Accessed 12 November 2006.
- ^ Boxrec site "Hometown Finchley, England". Accessed 12 November 2006.
- ^ Deborah Andrews (1992). Annual Obituary, 1991. St. James Pr. ISBN 1-55862-175-X. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
- ^ "Ted "Kid" Lewis(Gershon Mendeloff)". jewishsports.net. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2008.
- ^ "Daniel Mendoza". jewishsports.net.
- ^ "Matt Wells". jewishsports.net.
- ^ Danny Caro (14 July 2009). "Team GB cricket fail to see the job through". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
- ^ "Blues pack British squad". The Times. 6 July 2005. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
- ^ Ajay S Shankar (23 May 2008). "Rhodes to be part of unique Israel team". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
- ^ Jewish Chronicle 7 July 2006 p40: "T'fastest Jewish bowler ever"
- ^ Glancey, Jonathan (8 May 2008). "Obituary: Diana Barnarto Walker". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: "Sheila's upbringing in an all-girl Jewish family generated no interest in motoring beyond her training as a Women's Auxiliary Air Force driver."
- ^ "Jewish Athletes Reach for the Gold". Forward. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
- ^ Encyclopedia Judaica, Second Edition, volume 19, p 146
- ^ "Player profile: Aaron Liffchack". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ^ "Bullimore's sister buoyed by rabbis' support", Jewish Chronicle 24 January 1997, p. 1
- ^ Peter S. Horvitz (2007). The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and The 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars. SP Books. ISBN 9781561719075. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
- ^ David Goodman (24 May 2010). "The A-Z Guide To Jewish Grand Slam Champions". Tennis Grandstand. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ^ [1] Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Chariots of Fire by Warner Home Video – the Internet EYE – Discount Store – Bargain Store". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2007.
- ^ "Solomon Abrahams". Jewsinsports.org. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- ^ The Jewish Chronicle Archived 13 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "David Henry Jacobs, Gold Medallist at the Olympics". The US. 25 July 2012.
- ^ "Eight Jewish Athletes at BEG". The Canadian Jewish Chronicle. 30 July 1954. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
- ^ "A historical view of Jewish men and women in sports and their participation". jewishsports.net.
- ^ "Pleat, David : Jews in Sports @ Virtual Museum". Jewsinsports.org. 15 January 1945. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ David Triesman, Lord Triesman of Tottenham , Foreign and Commonwealth Office