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Samuel "Sam" Rothschild (October 16, 1899 – April 15, 1987) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 102 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). Rothschild was the first Jewish player in the NHL. [1] [2] He played for the Montreal Maroons, Pittsburgh Pirates, and New York Americans.
Zach Hyman, Canada, left wing/centre (Edmonton Oilers) [418] 1st and only Jewish Hockey player to score more than 50 goals in an NHL regular season 2023–2024. Peter Ing, Canada, goaltender (NHL) [449] Joe Ironstone, Canada, goaltender (NHL) [450] Max Kaminsky, Canada, centre (NHL) [451] Evan Kaufmann, US, forward [452]
Donald Fehr, US, former executive director of the MLB Players Association and of the National Hockey League Players Association [22] 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]
Lazarus "Larry The Rock" Zeidel (June 1, 1928 – June 17, 2014) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman, most notably for the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League, for whom he played nine seasons, and in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Black Hawks and the Philadelphia Flyers during a career that lasted from 1947 to 1969.
Paul Goldstein, tennis player; USTA boys' 16s and two-time 18s singles champion [249] Brian Gottfried, tennis player; USTA boys' 12s and two-time 18s singles champion, won 1975 and 1977 French Open Men's Doubles (with Raúl Ramírez), and 1976 Wimbledon Men's Doubles (with Ramirez), highest world ranking #3 [250]
Being an African-American Jew, as of March 2024 he was the only Black Jewish player in the NHL. [2] His father played ice hockey for UMass Lowell, and Jordan almost became a goaltender like his father and older brother Elijah, but he "liked being able to skate and play out of the net too much", so he became a defenseman. [7]
When he was 17 years old, Toronto Sun writer Steve Simmons predicted that he "might be better than all" the previous Jewish ice hockey players (which included the then-current Jewish NHL players centre Michael Cammalleri, right winger Mike Brown, left winger Eric Nystrom, and centre Jeff Halpern). [6]
Hyman Buller (March 15, 1926 – August 3, 1968) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman.Nicknamed the "Blueline Blaster" because of his penchant for hitting opposing players above the skate toe and below the pads, Buller was one of two Jewish professional hockey players in the 1940s and 1950s.