Inductees

Julian Krinsky

Julian Krinsky was born in South Africa and it was there that he developed into an outstanding tennis player. He was ranked ninth in the country in 1969. In that same year, Julian competed in the Monte Carlo Open and at Wimbledon, and represented South Africa in the Maccabiah games where he won a bronze… Read more »

Louis “Red” Klotz

Louis “Red” Klotz, an outstanding basketball player and scorer at South Philadelphia High School, Villanova University and the Baltimore Bullets, is probably best known an the losingest coach in basketball. As coach/player/owner of the Washington Generals, the perennial opponents of the Harlem Globetrotters for many years, Klotz boasts to losing more than 13,000 games during… Read more »

Alan Kline

Alan Kline entered his first track meet at the age of 14. He won the 50 and 100 yard dashes in the Junior Olympics at Franklin Field. Later, in 1949, Kline won three events at the Maccabiah at Northeast High, which celebrated the first anniversary of Israel. In his senior year at Central High School… Read more »

Fred Klevan

Fred Klevan, a native of Philadelphia’s Main Line, is a renown runner, duathlete and triathlete. From 2001 to the present, he has attained United States Track and Field All American Status in the 5K, 5M, 10K, 10M and Half Marathon. He is a five time Masters Champion of the Philadelphia Blue Cross Broad Street Run,… Read more »

Bonnie Kay

“Golf has been an incredible life gift for me. It has allowed me to enter the exciting world of the competitive spirit, develop the most special friendships and taught me countless life lessons.” Born in the Bronx, Bonnie Kay was introduced to golf as a teenager. At Cornell University, she took the sport more seriously… Read more »

George Katz

George Katz, a colorful and charismatic devotee of the “sweet science”, was born in South Philadelphia and lived there his entire life. Katz’ career was eclectic and varied ranging from ownership of a billiard parlor to serving as Secretary to Philadelphia Mayor Joe Clark. In the 1940’s he turned to boxing full-time and managed such… Read more »

Phil Jasner

Well-known, long-time Philadelphia Daily News sports writer Phil Jasner is a worthy addition to the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Mr. Jasner has covered the Philadelphia 76ers for 30 seasons. In 2004, he was honored by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame with the Curt Gowdy Award for excellence in print journalism. He… Read more »

Lisa Hoffstein

Lisa S. Hoffstein, a New York native and University of Pennsylvania graduate, has been involved in the world of competitive tennis since the age of ten. As an Eastern ranked tennis junior she played high school tennis on the Great Neck South boys’ team, eventually marrying the team’s #1 singles player. A great source of… Read more »

Craig Hoffman

Craig Hoffman is the head rowing coach at Malvern Preparatory School on Philadelphia’s Main Line. One of the most respected technical coaches in the country, Hoffman’s crews have competed internationally in the Henley Royal Regatta in England; and Malvern athletes have participated in races in Spain, The Netherlands, Czech Republic, Mexico, Canada, Italy and Egypt…. Read more »

Stan Hochman

Stan Hochman has been chronicling the Philadelphia sports scene in print, television and radio for six decades. As a columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News since 1965, the Brooklyn native has provided readers and sports fans with his perceptive insights into all fields of sports and the men and women who play them. He joined… Read more »