Sandy Koufax
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Baseball's greatest left-handed pitcher (4 World Series, 3 Cy Young Awards); famously refused to pitch Game 1 of the 1965 World Series on Yom Kippur
1935, Brooklyn, New York, United States
United States
Sandy Koufax is recognized among Jewish contributors to Sports — Baseball's greatest left-handed pitcher (4 World Series, 3 Cy Young Awards); famously refused to pitch Game 1 of the 1965 World Series on Yom Kippur
Sandy Koufax is a retired American baseball pitcher, widely regarded as one of the greatest left-handers in the game's history, who won three Cy Young Awards and helped the Los Angeles Dodgers to multiple World Series titles before retiring young due to arthritis. He famously declined to pitch Game 1 of the 1965 World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur, a decision that became an emblem of Jewish pride. Koufax is Jewish and was raised in a Jewish family in Brooklyn.
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Baseball's greatest left-handed pitcher (4 World Series, 3 Cy Young Awards); famously refused to pitch Game 1 of the 1965 World Series on Yom Kippur
Source: Wikipedia; International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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