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Sugarman, Sam, Mr.

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Colorado Jewish Athletes, 1981 November 10

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Identifier: B063.05.0005.00046
Abstract Jewish Colorado athletes pose together at the 5th Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society held in the Phipps Tennis House, University of Denver. The athletes were honored at the meeting. Front row left to right Gus Levin, Louis Bloom, Irwin Hoffman, Larry Loeb, Jack Shapiro, David Weinstein, Sam Weinstein, and Harvey Salz. Center row left to right Aaron Lutz, Morey Sharp, Blanche Lang, Joe Coffee, Willie Winograd, Louis Siegel, and Max Cohan. Rear row left to right...
Dates: 1981 November 10

Football: Sugarman, 1940-1943

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Identifier: B132.02.0001.0012
Abstract

Sam Sugarman starred in football with the now-defunct University of Denver program in the late 1930s, earning all-American honors twice and earning headlines for sitting out a game that was scheduled on Yom Kippur in 1940 for religious reasons. After graduation, he turned down an offer to play with the Newark Bears, joined the military and played semi-pro football with a team in Honolulu, Hawaii. Sugarman retired from playing in 1944.

Dates: 1940-1943

Play Ball: Early Colorado Jews in Sports, 2013

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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00012
Abstract

Brief biographies of Jewish men and women athletes as well as sports personalities from Colorado. Written and directed by Jeanne Abrams for the 2013 RMJHS Dinner.

Dates: 2013

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