Hall of Fame Inductees

Since its inception in 1962, the Rochester Jewish Sports hall of Fame has inducted over 150 athletes and honorees. They have included many fine athletes who have competed at the local, state, national and international level. Each is special to us. Each has brought honor and credit to the Rochester Jewish community.

A permanent plague at the Rochester Jewish Community Center keeps their names in perpetutity.

The committe has raised over $100,000 the last ten years at its Annual Dinner. The money goes towards supporting local youth from the Jewish Community Center(JCC) who participate in the Annual JCC Maccabi games competition at various sites in the US, Rochester area athletes competing every four years in the International Maccabi Games in Israel (also known as the "Jewish Olympics") and other charitable endeavors.

1962

1963

  • Selig Apperman
  • Jerry Cohn
  • Joseph Geismar
  • Les Harrison
  • Manuel Hirsch

1964

  • Philip Michlin
  • Jack Neiman
  • Abe Raff
  • Abe Rapp
  • Ira C. Sapozink

1965

  • Louis Rabin
  • Gabe Paul
  • Jacob Rubenstein

1966

  • Barney Schaft
  • Morris Shapiro
  • Joe (Bello) Snyder
  • Harry Topel

1967

  • Allen Eber
  • Hy Mandell
  • Ike Cohen
  • Shep Morris

1968

  • Lesser Erenstone
  • Max (Trixie) Messinger
  • Morrie Silver

1969

  • Phil Barlow
  • Sam Brody
  • Jerry Cohen
  • Abe Feinbloom
  • Jack Harrison
  • Irving (Buck) Pierson

1970

  • Manny Friedman
  • Sid Levinson
  • Sam Mink
  • Dave Sachs

1971

  • Herman Goldberg
  • Joey Goldberg
  • Mike Kowal
  • Ben Miller
  • Simon Shapiro

1972

  • Nathan Levinson
  • Abe Lipsky
  • Arthur Michlin
  • Garson Mink
  • Norman Shapiro

1973

  • Charles Schwartz
  • Joseph Biben
  • Moe Trott
  • Buddy Baker
  • Julie Rapp

1979

  • Merv Mink
  • Julie Lee
  • Buzzy Frank
  • Sol Goldstein
  • Morey Isner

1982

  • Stacy Kaplan
  • Jack Lustik
  • Stan Albert
  • Shirley Rosenthal

1983

  • Robert Cohen
  • Bruce Shapiro
  • Allen Rosenberg
  • Meyer Fix

1985

  • Bert Levinson
  • David Sarachan
  • Ozzie Sussman

1986

  • Rick Aronberg
  • Victor L. Hollander
  • Joel Sussman

1987

1988

  • Jacob Friedland
  • Benjamin Gradinger
  • Michael Levine
  • Richard Perlman

1989

  • Ronald S. Albert
  • Ira Brown
  • Percy Cohen
  • Dr. Ross F. Elkin
  • Sanford Gradinger
  • Brian Kurlander

1990

1991

  • Morris Weinstein
  • Paul Goldstein
  • Courtney Goldstein

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

  • Robert Bernhardt
  • Joel Goldman
  • Marty Lipman
  • Blanche Pasternak
  • Barry Rosen
  • Les Weiner

1997

1998

1999

  • Larry Axelrod
  • Rob Bernstein
  • Gary Curwin
  • Homer Marks
  • Ron Rabin

2000

  • Jeff Erne
  • Sandy Applebaum
  • Steve Abramson
  • Gary Robinson

2001

  • Dick Chait
  • Dick Chait
  • Norm Hurwitz
  • Larry Sand
  • Dick Rush
  • Naomi Silver

2002

  • Dr. Ronald Kwasman
  • Bruce Pinsky
  • Ronald Pinsky
  • Elliott Curwin

2003

  • Richard Mink
  • Iosif Moscovi
  • Nat Goodhartz
  • Josh Lewin

2004

  • Pete Brown
  • Richard Ben Cramer
  • Leo Moskowitz

2005

  • J. Scott Allen
  • Max Grossman
  • Alan Kerstein
  • Hon. Richard Rosenbaum

2006