Garfinkel, Dutch
Photograph Collection

	Dutch Garfinkel when he starred for the Boston Celtics. Source: Jack Garfinkel
	The business card of Jack "Dutch" Garfinkel as he is today (2001). Source: Jack Garfinkel
	Dutch Garfinkel when he played for the Rochester Royals. Source: Jack Garfinkel
	Jack Garfinkel when he starred for St. John's. Dutch is in the University's Hall of Fame. Source: Jack Garfinkel
	Jack Garfinkel playing for Boston. Dutch was a member of the very first Celtics team. Source: Jack Garfinkel
	Dutch Garfinkel, "the Bob Cousy of his day." Source: Jack Garfinkel
	The official list of St. John's Hall of Fame inductees, which includes the great Harry Boykoff, Dutch Garfinkel, Hy Gotkin, Mac Kinsbrunner, Mickey Rutner, and Alan Seiden. Source: Barry Halper Collection
	A Brooklyn Times story about Dutch Garfinkel and Julie Bender working as PSAL referees. Source: Jack Garfinkel
	Picture of Dutch Garfinkel, captain of 1940-41 St. John's basketball team, and coach Joe Lapchick. Source: Jack Garfinkel
	Jack Garfinkel's Induction Citation into St. John's Athletic Hall of Fame. Source: Jack Garfinkel
	Page 1 of a Jewish Exponent article on the legendary Philadelphia Sphas (South Philadelphia Hebrew Association) basketball squad, a virtually all-Jewish team that could beat anybody. Source: Jack Garfinkel
	Page 2 of a Jewish Exponent article on the legendary Philadelphia Sphas (South Philadelphia Hebrew Association) basketball squad, a virtually all-Jewish team that could beat anybody. Source: Jack Garfinkel
	Page 3 of a Jewish Exponent article on the legendary Philadelphia Sphas (South Philadelphia Hebrew Association) basketball squad, a virtually all-Jewish team that could beat anybody. Source: Jack Garfinkel
	Dutch Garfinkel, originator of the "look-away" pass. Source: Jack Garfinkel
	Dutch Garfinkel "was one of the great passers of all time," said Leonard Lewin, dean of New York basketball writers, in an interview with this web site on February 22, 2001. Source: Jack Garfinkel
	Team picture of the 1945-46 Rochester Royals. The Royals won the National Basketball League championship, defeating the Sheboygan Redskins, three games to none, in the championship series. Dutch Garfinkel is in the front row on the far left, and Red Holzman is holding the basketball in the center of the front row. Source: Jack Garfinkel
	A newspaper story about Dutch Garfinkel's last game for St. John's. Legendary coach Joe Lapchick is quoted as saying, "Why, it's giving me headaches right now just thinking about what we'll do without him next season." Source: Jack Garfinkel
	Various pictures of Dutch Garfinkel in his playing days. Walter McLaughlin, St. John's Athletic Director for 39 years, said that "Dutch was the most unselfish player we've ever had." Source: Jack Garfinkel
	News feature about Dutch Garfinkel, an original Celtic. His bullet passes were so hard to intercept that "I broke fingers on the hands of four different players," he admitted. Source: Jack Garfinkel
	Peter Vecsey, the New York Post's celebrated basketball columnist (and NBC commentator), listing Dutch Garfinkel as one of the city's greatest all-time high school basketball players. Source: Jack Garfinkel
	Dutch Garfinkel's hand-written resume of his storied basketball career, given to this web site in April, 2001. Source: Jack Garfinkel
	The Haggerty Award is given to New York City's best collegiate player. Notice that the first 6 winners, including Dutch Garfinkel, were Jewish, as were subsequent winners Sid Tannenbaum, Dolph Schayes, Al Seiden, and Barry Kramer. Source: Jack Garfinkel
	A 1936 newspaper story mentioning Jack Garfinkel's prowess as a basketball star at Jefferson High. Source: Jack Garfinkel
	"Jack Garfinkel, 185 pounds of granite and steel, was Jefferson's man of the hour," according to this 1936 news story about Jefferson's victory in the P.S.A.L. basketball tournament. Source: Jack Garfinkel

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