Barney Ross
Barney Ross · Sports
Boxing; world champion in three divisions; then a decorated WWII Marine at Guadalcanal; born Beryl Rosofsky
1909, New York City, USA — 1967, Chicago, Illinois, USA
United States
Barney Ross is recognized among Jewish contributors to Sports — Boxing; world champion in three divisions; then a decorated WWII Marine at Guadalcanal; born Beryl Rosofsky
Born Dov-Ber 'Beryl' Rosofsky, Barney Ross was a world boxing champion in three weight divisions and later a decorated U.S. Marine wounded at Guadalcanal in World War II. Raised in an observant Jewish family on Chicago's West Side, he became an enduring symbol of Jewish-American courage. He was Jewish.
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Source: Wikipedia; International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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Boxing; world champion in three divisions; then a decorated WWII Marine at Guadalcanal; born Beryl Rosofsky
Source: Wikipedia; International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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