Jewish athletes
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Boxing: Coffee, 1950-1976
File
Identifier: B132.01.0001.0002
Abstract
Joe 'Awful' Coffee, born Joseph Rutkowski in Minsk, Russian Empire in 1905 was a major figure on the Denver sports scene. After boxing, as a featherweight, for ten years across the Rocky Mountain region, he retired and went to college at the University of Denver. After graduation, Joe worked for the May Company, and then opened up Joe 'Awful' Coffee's Ringside Lounge in 1943. Coffee's restaurant operated for some 23 years, closing in 1966, and attracting such notables as Jack Dempsey,...
Dates:
1950-1976
Colorado Jewish Athletes Collection
Collection
Identifier: B132
Abstract
Collection contains notes and newsclipping of individual Jewish athletes from Colorado: Leonard Alterman, Abe Attell, Mandel Berenbaum, Joe Coffee; Max Cohan, Nate Grimes, Dorothy Heitler, Irwin Hoffman, Helen Hyman, Blanche Lange, Larry Loeb, Aaron Lutz, Alice Marx, Fay Morris, Ed Pepper, Harvey Salz, Howard Schechtel, Jack Shapiro, Morey Sharp, Craig Silverman, Sam Sugarman, and William Winograd.
Dates:
1920-2013