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James George Snyder Sr. (born Dimetrios Georgios Synodinos, September 9, 1918 – April 21, 1996), better known as Jimmy the Greek, was an American sports commentator and Las Vegas bookmaker. A regular contributor to the CBS program The NFL Today, Snyder predicted the scores of NFL games, which sports bettors used to determine the point spread.
Lou Boudreau (Jewish mother), 8x All-Star, batting title, MVP, Baseball Hall of Fame, manager [1] Ralph Branca , pitcher, 3x All-Star (Jewish mother) [ 3 ] Ryan Braun , outfielder, 2007 Rookie of the Year, home run champion, 5x All-Star, 5x Silver Slugger, 2011 National League MVP [ 1 ]
Snyder is an Anglicized occupational surname derived from Dutch Snijder "tailor" (alternatively spelled "Snyder" in the past, see "ij"/"y"), related to modern Dutch Snijders and Sneijder. It may also be an Anglicized spelling of the German Schneider or Swiss German Schnyder , which both carry the same meaning. [ 1 ]
Brown was born on December 28, 1933, in Lexington, Kentucky. [1] He was the only son of five children born to John Y. and Dorothy Inman Brown. [2] His father was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky and a member of the Kentucky General Assembly for nearly three decades, including a term as Speaker of the House.
Douglas Brinkley, historian, Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities, and professor of history at Rice University [10] Rosa Brooks, law professor, journalist, and author [3] Claire V. Broome, epidemiologist [1] Kathleen M. Brown, historian, David Boies Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania [10]
A Baptist married to a Jewish man, she’s inspired by the work of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and influenced by the religious traditions of her mother’s native India as well as the Black ...
Jewish players have played in Major League Baseball since the league came into existence, with Lip Pike being the first. With the surge of Jewish immigrants from Europe to the United States at the turn of the 20th century, baseball, then the most popular sport in the country and referred to as the "National Pastime", became a way for children of Jewish immigrants to assimilate into American ...
John J. Fisher (1961–), majority owner of the Oakland Athletics; Gap Inc. heir [45] Josh Flagg (1985–), Beverly Hills luxury real estate agent [46] Alfred W. Fleisher (c. 1878–1928), American real estate investor and co-founder and head of Mastbaum Brothers & Fleisher [47] Jay Furman (1942–2015), former president of RD Management LLC ...