Hank greenberg
Hank Greenberg was one of the most influential Jews in sports. Henry Benjamin Greenberg was born on Sunday January first, 1911 in New York City. He was born to an orthodox, middle class Jewish family who emigrated to the US from Romania. During his childhood, he was always discriminated against for being Jewish. Despite the fact that he was made fun of and constantly put down he still tried to be the best athlete he could be. By the age of 15, he was an all city athlete in soccer and basketball, but his true passion was always baseball. Somewhat awkward looking in the field, he was very hard working, and this became his trademark in later years. Many teams did not scout him because they didn’t see a big future for him; little did they know that he would become one of the greatest players of all time. The only teams that scouted him were the New York Yankees, the Washington Senators, and the Detroit Tigers. The Yankees and the Senators both had very good first basemen
Sadly, Hank Greenberg died at the age of 75 on September 4th, 1986. It took a lot of courage to do what he did and stand up to Anti-Semitism, yet he kept on working hard despite all these distractions. He was a man of integrity who paved the way for other excellent Jewish sports players by showing that you can pursue a professional career in sports, while continuing to revere your Jewish heritage. (Lou Gehrig and Joe Judge), and Greenberg wouldn’t play any other position at the time (he later played left field as well). Therefore, his only option was the Detroit tigers. He had to settle for the nine thousand dollar annual salary that the Tigers offered him, which was nearly one thousand less than the amount offered to him by the Senators and Yankees. He left college in 1930 to join the Tigers minor league system. Near the end of the 1930 season, he made his major league debut against his former pursuers, the New York Yankees. Being very young at the time (nineteen year
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