Wallach, Harry : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum

Wallach, Harry

Sport:
boxing

Country Represented:
United States

Years Competed:
1924

Olympic Info:
Wallach was a member of the United States boxing team at the 1924 Paris Olympics as an alternate in the featherweight class; he did not compete in the Games. The winner of the gold medal in the featherweight class that year was Jackie Fields, a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

Career Highlights:
Following the Olympics, Wallach fought professionally for a number of years in the 1920s.

Birth and Death Dates:
unknown

Origin:
Brooklyn, New York


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References:
encyclopedia of JEWS in sports, by Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, and Roy Silver (New York: Bloch Publishing Co., 1965)