List of Jews in sports (non-players)
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The topic of Jewish participation in sports is discussed extensively in academic and popular literature. Scholars believe that sports have been a historical avenue for Jewish people to overcome obstacles toward their participation in secular society (especially before the mid-20th century in Europe and the United States).[1]
Commissioners[edit]
- Gary Bettman, US, National Hockey League Commissioner[2]
- Mark Cohon, Canada, Canadian Football League Commissioner[3]
- Jim Drucker, US, Continental Basketball Association Commissioner; and Arena Football League Commissioner[4]
- Don Garber, US, Major League Soccer Commissioner[2]
- Ludwig Guttmann, Germany, founder of the Paralympics[5]
- Sydney Halter, Canada, first Commissioner of the Canadian Football League[6]
- Cary Kaplan, Canada, President & General Manager, Brampton Beast hockey club; former Commissioner & Chairman of Canadian Soccer League
- Frank Lowy, Czechoslovak-born Australian-Israeli, chair of Football Federation Australia[7]
- Maurice Podoloff, Ukraine-born US, first President of the National Basketball Association[8]
- Jaap van Praag, Dutch, President of Ajax Amsterdam 1964–78, President of the Royal Dutch Football Association[9]
- Alan Rothenberg, US, former President of the United States Soccer Federation; former executive and investor of the North American Soccer League.[10] Currently Vice President of the North American governing body of association football (CONCACAF)[11]
- Bud Selig, US, former Major League Baseball Commissioner, owner of Milwaukee Brewers[2]
- Adam Silver, US, Commissioner of the National Basketball Association[12]
- David Stern, US, former National Basketball Association Commissioner[2]
- Grigory Surkis, Ukraine, Chairman of Football Federation of Ukraine[13]
Managers and coaches[edit]
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- Ray Arcel, US, boxing trainer; trained 18 world champions[14]
- Red Auerbach, US, basketball guard, NBA coach (9 championships) & GM, Hall of Fame[15]
- Brad Ausmus, US, baseball catcher, All-Star, 3x Gold Glove, former manager of the Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels[16]
- Big Bill Bachrach, US, swimming coach, International Swimming Hall of Fame[17]
- Morris “Whitey” Bimstein, US, boxing trainer[18]
- David Blatt, US, college & Israeli professional basketball guard, former NBA coach, Cleveland Cavaliers[19]
- Chaim Bloom (born 1983), US, Chief Baseball Officer for the Boston Red Sox
- Larry Brown, US, basketball player & pro and college coach, currently at Southern Methodist University[17]
- Mike Chernoff, General Manager of the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball[20]
- Andy Cohen, US, Major League second baseman and coach; managed one game for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1960.
- Keith Dambrot, US, men’s basketball coach (University of Akron)[21]
- Jon Daniels, US, President of Baseball Operations and General Manager of the Major League Baseball team the Texas Rangers
- Al Davis, US, football owner/coach of Oakland Raiders[2]
- Nikolay Epshtein, Soviet ice hockey coach[17]
- Charlotte “Eppie” Epstein, US, coach, International Swimming Hall of Fame[17]
- Theo Epstein, US, President of Baseball Operations (Chicago Cubs); former General Manager, Boston Red Sox[22]
- Lawrence Frank, US, head coach (New Jersey Nets, 2004–10; Detroit Pistons, 2011–13)[2]
- Andrew Friedman, US, President of Baseball Operations of the Los Angeles Dodgers (and previously general manager of the Tampa Bay Rays) of Major League Baseball[23]
- Marty Friedman, US, basketball player & coach[24]
- Sam Fuld, US, General Manager of the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball
- Sid Gillman, US, football player & coach[25]
- Alexander Gomelsky, Russia, head coach of USSR national team for 30 years, including victory in 1988 Summer Olympics, Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, FIBA Hall of Fame[17]
- Samuel Goodman, US, manager of gold-winning US Olympic rugby[26]
- Eddie Gottlieb, Ukraine-born US, first basketball coach, manager, and owner of Philadelphia Warriors in the BAA/NBA, NBA founder[17]
- Avram Grant, Israel, soccer manager[27]
- Brad Greenberg, US, men’s basketball coach (Radford University)[21][28]
- Seth Greenberg, US, men’s basketball coach (Virginia Tech)[29]
- Béla Guttmann, Hungary, football manager, AC Milan, São Paulo F.C., F.C. Porto, Benfica, C.A. Penarol
- Cecil Hart, Canada, hockey coach/manager (Montreal Canadiens); original Hart Trophy named after father David, & current one after him[30]
- Paul Heyman, US, professional wrestling manager[31]
- Melissa Hiatt, US, professional wrestling manager
- Nat Holman, US, basketball player & coach, Hall of Fame[32]
- Red Holzman, US, basketball player & coach, Hall of Fame[32]
- Jed Hoyer, US, baseball Executive VP and General Manager (Chicago Cubs); former General Manager, San Diego Padres[33]
- Yoel Judah, US, boxer & trainer[34]
- Cary Kaplan, Canada, President & General Manager, Brampton Beast hockey club; former Commissioner & Chairman of Canadian Soccer League
- Gabe Kapler, US, baseball outfielder, manager (Philadelphia Phillies)[16]
- Béla Komjádi, Hungary, coach, International Swimming Hall of Fame[17]
- Jerry Krause, US, former General Manager (Chicago Bulls)[35]
- Manny Leibert, US, boxing manager & coach, Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame[36]
- Randy Levine, US, President of New York Yankees baseball team[37]
- Tony Levine, US, football coach of University of Houston Cougars[38]
- Lenny Levy, US, baseball coach (Pittsburgh Pirates)[39]
- Marv Levy, US, football coach & General Manager (Montreal Alouettes, Buffalo Bills)[40]
- Bob Melvin, US, baseball player and manager (Oakland A’s)[41]
- Cecil Moss, South Africa, coach of Springboks rugby team.[42]
- Josh Pastner, US, men’s basketball head coach (Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets)[21]
- Gabe Paul, US, baseball President & General Manager of Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees[43]
- Bruce Pearl, US, men’s basketball coach, Auburn University[44]
- José Pekerman, Argentina, Argentine football manager[45]
- David Pleat, England, football manager, Tottenham Hotspur, Luton Town[46]
- Bela Rajki-Reich, Hungary, swimming and water polo coach[17]
- Jimmie Reese, US, baseball second baseman, coach[16]
- Ernie Roth, US, professional wrestling manager[47]
- Larry Rothschild, US, baseball pitcher, coach, and manager (currently New York Yankees pitching coach)
- Yehoshua Rozin, Israeli basketball coach
- Dolph Schayes, US, basketball player & coach[37]
- Mark Shapiro, US, General Manager of Cleveland Indians[48]
- Allie Sherman, US, football player & coach, New York Giants[49]
- Norm Sherry, US, baseball catcher, manager, and coach[16]
- Matthew Silverman, US, President for Baseball Operations for Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays
- Leonid Slutsky, Russia, National football team manager (2015–16) brought the Russian team to Euro-2016 in France, currently manages Hull City in English Championship League
- Marc Trestman, US, NFL head coach (Chicago Bears, 2013–14), current head coach of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League[50]
- Irina Viner, Russia, coach of multiple world and Olympic champions in rhythmic gymnastics, President of Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation [51][52][53]
- Dan Warthen, US, baseball pitcher and pitching coach (currently, for New York Mets)
Officials[edit]
- Menachem Ashkenazi, Bulgaria/Israel, association football, Olympic and World Cup referee[54]
- Norm Drucker, US, former NBA referee and Supervisor of Officials
- Leo Goldstein, US, association football, World Cup assistant referee[55]
- Jonathan Kaplan, South Africa, rugby union, world record for refereeing highest number of international rugby union test matches, most experienced Test referee of all time[56][57]
- Wolf Karni, Finland, association football, Olympic referee[58]
- Abraham Klein, Romania/Israel, association football, World Cup referee[59]
- Jerry Markbreit, US, former NFL referee[60]
- Mendy Rudolph, NBA and ABA referee, Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame[61]
- Alon Yefet, Israel, association football, FIFA international referee[62]
- Dr. Aviram D. Shmuely, Israel, United World Wrestling, 1S Category(Olympic) referee 2006-present
Owners[edit]
- Roman Abramovich, Russia, owner of Chelsea Football Club[63]
- Leslie Alexander, US, owner of Houston Rockets; former owner of Houston Comets[2]
- Micky Arison, Israel/US, owner of Miami Heat[2]
- Larry Baer, US, CEO of the San Francisco Giants
- Steve Ballmer, US, owner of the Los Angeles Clippers
- Arthur Blank, US, owner of Atlanta Falcons and Georgia Force[2]
- Francis Borelli, France, former President of Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, AS Cannes
- Norman Braman, US, former owner of Philadelphia Eagles[64]
- Alfréd Brüll, Hungary, chairman of sports club MTK[65]
- Alan Cohen, US, owner of Florida Panthers hockey team[66]
- Alan N. Cohen, US, former owner of New York Knicks and New York Rangers, co-owner of Boston Celtics and New Jersey Nets, and Chairman & CEO of Madison Square Garden Corporation[67]
- Steve Cohen, US, Owner of the New York Mets[68]
- Uri Coronel, Dutch, former Chairman of Ajax Amsterdam[69]
- Mark Cuban, US, owner of Dallas Mavericks[2]
- William Davidson, US, Chairman of Palace Sports and Entertainment, principal owner of Detroit Pistons, Detroit Shock of the WNBA, and Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL[70]
- Al Davis, US, owner/coach of Oakland Raiders[2]
- Barney Dreyfuss, US, owner of Pittsburgh Pirates, Baseball Hall of Fame[71]
- Steve Ellman, US, owner of Phoenix Coyotes[2]
- John J. Fisher, US, owner of the Oakland Athletics baseball team[72]
- Andrew Freedman, US, owner of New York Giants baseball team[73]
- Emil Fuchs, German-born US, owner of Boston Braves baseball team[74]
- Arcadi Gaydamak, Russia, owner of Beitar Jerusalem F.C.[75]
- Alexandre Gaydamak, France & Russia, co-owner & Chairman of Portsmouth F.C.[76]
- Dan Gilbert, US, owner of Cleveland Cavaliers[2]
- Gary Gilbert, US, part owner of Cleveland Cavaliers, brother of Dan Gilbert
- Avram Glazer, US, joint chairman of Manchester United board[77]
- Joel Glazer, US, joint chairman of Manchester United[77]
- Malcolm Glazer, US, owner of Tampa Bay Buccaneers, majority owner of Manchester United[2]
- Paul Godfrey, Canada, owner of the Toronto Blue Jays[78]
- Chuck Greenberg, US, co-owner of Texas Rangers
- Ernie Grunfeld, US, basketball player & GM of Washington Wizards[79]
- Peter Guber, US, co-owner of Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA), Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball, and Los Angeles FC of Major League Soccer[80]
- Walter A. Haas Jr., US, owner of Oakland Athletics[81]
- Joshua Harris, US, owner of New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia 76ers[82]
- Ben Hatskin, Canada, founder and owner of the Winnipeg Jets[citation needed]
- Leon Hess, US, owner of New York Jets[83]
- Jerold Hoffberger, US, owner of Baltimore Orioles baseball team[84]
- Stan Kasten, US, former President of the Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals and current president, and part-owner, of the Los Angeles Dodgers in baseball.[85]
- Daryl Katz, Canada, owner of Edmonton Oilers[86]
- Raanan Katz, Israel, part owner of Miami Heat & owner of Maccabi Tel Aviv[87]
- Eugene Klein, US, owner of San Diego Chargers and part owner of Seattle SuperSonics [17]
- Louis “Red” Klotz, US, NBA 5′ 7″ point guard, formed teams that play against and tour with the Harlem Globetrotters[17]
- Herb Kohl, US, owner of Milwaukee Bucks (1985–2014)[2]
- Bob Kraft, US, owner of New England Patriots & New England Revolution[2]
- Joe Lacob, US, owner of Golden State Warriors
- Kurt Landauer, Germany, President of Bayern Munich[88]
- Marc Lasry, Morocco, co-owner of the basketball’s Milwaukee Bucks[89]
- Al Lerner, US, owner of Cleveland Browns[2]
- Randy Lerner, US, owner of Cleveland Browns & Aston Villa[90]
- Ted Lerner and family, US, owners of Washington Nationals[37]
- Daniel Levy, England, Chairman of Tottenham Hotspur[91]
- Joe Lewis, England, owner Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
- Jeffrey Loria, US, former owner of Miami Marlins[66]
- Bob Lurie, US, owner of San Francisco Giants[81]
- Jeffrey Lurie, US, owner of Philadelphia Eagles[2]
- Scott D. Malkin, US, co-owner of NY Islanders hockey team[92]
- Jamie McCourt, US, President of Los Angeles Dodgers[93]
- Art Modell, US, former owner of Baltimore Ravens[2]
- Abe Pollin, US, owner of Washington Wizards, former owner of NHL‘s Washington Capitals & WNBA‘s Washington Mystics[2]
- Jaap van Praag, Dutch, President of Ajax Amsterdam 1964–78, President of Royal Dutch Football Association[9]
- Michael van Praag, Dutch, President of Ajax Amsterdam, 1989–2002[94]
- Bruce Ratner, US, minority owner of Brooklyn Nets[2]
- Jerry Reinsdorf, US, owner of Chicago Bulls & Chicago White Sox[2]
- Carroll Rosenbloom, US, owner of Baltimore Colts & Los Angeles Rams
- Chip Rosenbloom, US, owner of Los Angeles Rams[95]
- Stephen M. Ross, US, owner of Miami Dolphins[37]
- Henry Samueli, US, owner of Anaheim Ducks, founder of Broadcom Corporation[2]
- Abe Saperstein, UK-born US, founder & owner of Harlem Globetrotters[96]
- Irving Scholar, England, chairman Tottenham Hotspur F. C.
- Howard Schultz, US, owner of Seattle SuperSonics; founder of Starbucks[2]
- Bud Selig, US, former Major League Baseball Commissioner, owner of Milwaukee Brewers[2]
- Herbert Simon, US, owner of the Indiana Pacers basketball team[97]
- Ed Snider, US, owner of Philadelphia Flyers and part-owner of Philadelphia Eagles[2]
- Daniel Snyder, US, owner of Washington Redskins[2]
- Donald Sterling, US, former owner of the Los Angeles Clippers[98]
- Stuart Sternberg, US, owner of Tampa Bay Rays[2]
- Alan Sugar, England, Chairman of Tottenham Hotspur[99]
- Larry Tanenbaum, Canada, owner of Toronto Maple Leafs & Toronto Raptors[2]
- Preston Robert Tisch, US, from 1991 until his death in 2005 Tisch owned 50% of New York Giants American football team[37]
- Steve Tisch, US, part-owner of the New York Giants, son of Preston Tisch
- Leonard Tose, US, owner of Philadelphia Eagles[100]
- Cliff Viner, US, co-owner of Florida Panthers[101]
- Jeffrey Vinik, US, owner of Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL) and minority owner of Boston Red Sox (MLB)[102]
- Zygi Wilf, German-born US, principal owner of Minnesota Vikings[103]
- Fred Wilpon, US, owner of New York Mets[2]
- Jeff Wilpon, US, owner and COO of New York Mets[104]
- Max Winter, US, owner of Minneapolis Lakers and former owner of Minnesota Vikings
- Lewis Wolff, US, owner of Oakland Athletics[2]
- Brett Yormark, US, President & CEO of Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center[105]
Promoters[edit]
- Bob Arum, US, boxing promoter[106]
- Senda Berenson, Russian-born US, basketball pioneer[17]
- Mickey Duff, British boxing promoter
- Al Farb (1905–2005), US, boxing promoter of championship bouts including Floyd Patterson vs. Brian London [107][108]
- Joel Gertner, US, professional wrestling promoter [109]
- Paul Heyman, US, professional wrestling manager & promoter[110]
- Mike Jacobs, US, boxing promoter[111]
- Sam Muchnick, US, wrestling promoter[112]
- J Russell Peltz, US, boxing promoter
Sportscasters[edit]
- Kenny Albert, US, sportscaster
- Marv Albert, US, sportscaster[113]
- Mel Allen, US, sportscaster, New York Yankees play-by-play announcer[113]
- Chris Berman, US, ESPN talk show host[114]
- Len Berman, US, sportscaster[113]
- Bonnie Bernstein, US, ESPN sportscaster[113]
- Steve Bornstein, US, President & CEO of NFL Network[87]
- Steve Buckhantz, US, Washington Wizards play-by-play announcer[7]
- Steve Bunin, US, ESPN sportscaster[115]
- Craig Carton, US, WFAN morning show
- Gary Cohen,US, New York Mets telecaster
- Linda Cohn, US, ESPN anchor[113]
- Myron Cope, US, Pittsburgh Steelers radio announcer[116]
- Howard Cosell, US, sportscaster[113]
- Seth Davis, US, ESPN sportscaster[113][117]
- Ian Eagle, US, sportscaster
- Rich Eisen, US, ESPN, NFL network anchor[118]
- Josh Elliott, US, television journalist
- Howard Finkel, US, WWE Hall of Fame announcer.
- Roy Firestone, US, sportscaster[119]
- CK Friedlander, South Africa, rugby commentator[120]
- Elliotte Friedman, Canada, CBC Sports broadcaster[121]
- Hank Goldberg, US, football analyst[122]
- Marty Glickman, US, sprinter & broadcaster; US Olympic team, All American (football)
- Doug Gottlieb, US, ESPN NCAA basketball analyst[2]
- Mike Greenberg, US, ESPN anchor[123]
- Billy Jaffe, US, New York Islanders sportscaster[124]
- Max Kellerman, boxing broadcaster[125]
- Suzy Kolber, US, ESPN sportswriter[126]
- Tony Kornheiser, US, radio show host, tv show host, author[113]
- Andrea Kremer, US, sportscaster/ NBC sideline reporter
- Justin Kutcher, US, sportscaster
- Michael Landsberg, Canada, TSN anchor[127]
- Ken Levine, Major League Baseball announcer
- Steve Levy, US, ESPN anchor[118]
- Mitch Melnick, Canada, Montreal Expos English radio colour analyst
- Al Michaels, US, sportscaster[128]
- Johnny Most, US, Boston Celtics sportscaster[129]
- Elliott Price, Canada, Montreal Expos radio play-by-play[130]
- Karl Ravech, US, ESPN journalist[126]
- Jim Rome, US, radio, TV host[131]
- Howie Rose, US, New York Islanders, New York Mets sportscaster [132]
- Sam Rosen, US, New York Rangers on TV, NHL on OLN, NFL on Fox sportscaster[44]
- Dick Schaap, US, sportswriter & broadcaster[70]
- Jeremy Schaap, US, sports commentator & broadcaster (son of Dick Schaap)[133]
- Adam Schefter, US, sportswriter and tv analyst
- Louis O. Schwartz, US, President, American Sportscasters Association (ASA); Founder, ASA Hall of Fame; Editor, ASA Insiders Sportsletter; former President, Finger Lakes Broadcasting Corp.[134]
- Archie Shacksnovis, first man to broadcast rugby in South Africa[120]
- Dan Shulman, Canada, sportscaster ESPN: Sunday Baseball, College Basketball coverage[135]
- Charley Steiner, US, Los Angeles Dodgers radio-TV play-by-play announcer[136]
- Dick Stockton, US, TNT broadcaster[citation needed]
- Steve Stone, US, WGN-TV broadcaster[24]
- Bert Sugar, US, boxing writer[137]
- Suzyn Waldman, US, New York Yankees TV play-by-play announcer & current commentator/analyst for NY Yankees radio; first woman to hold either position on regular basis for Major League Baseball team[113]
- Lisa Winston[113]
- Warner Wolf, US, sportscaster, w/CBS 9 in Washington, D.C. & CBS 2 in New York City, now w/WABC NewsTalkRadio 77 in NYC[113]
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jews_in_sports_(non-players)
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