Max Baer
Max Baer · Sports
Boxing; heavyweight world champion 1934; wore the Star of David on his trunks when he beat Nazi favorite Max Schmeling
1909, Omaha, Nebraska, USA — 1959, Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA
United States
Max Baer is recognized among Jewish contributors to Sports — Boxing; heavyweight world champion 1934; wore the Star of David on his trunks when he beat Nazi favorite Max Schmeling
Max Baer was an American boxer who won the world heavyweight championship in 1934 by defeating Primo Carnera. In his 1933 bout against Max Schmeling, a favorite of Nazi Germany, Baer wore a Star of David on his trunks, a gesture he repeated in later fights. His father was Jewish, giving him documented Jewish paternal ancestry, and he is enshrined in the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
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Source: Wikipedia (Jewish father); International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
Boxing; heavyweight world champion 1934; wore the Star of David on his trunks when he beat Nazi favorite Max Schmeling
Source: Wikipedia (Jewish father); International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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