Vic Hershkowitz

Vic Hershkowitz

Infobox Person
name = Vic Hershkowitz


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birth_date = birth date|1918|10|5
birth_place = Brooklyn, New York
birth_name =
death_date = death date and age|2008|6|23|1918|10|5
death_place = Plantation, Florida
nationality = American
other_names =
known_for =
spouse = Jennie Tartaglia
occupation = Handball player
children =

Vic Hershkowitz (October 15, 1918 – June 23, 2008) was a dominant American handball player who played from the early 1940s to the early 1960s. He won 23 amateur national titles. He was a New York City fireman. His accomplishments include winning forty national and international handball titles, including nine consecutive Three-Wall Singles Championships [cite web|title = VICTOR "VIC" HERSHKOWITZ in the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame|url= http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/VictorVicHershkowitz.htm| accessdate =2008-06-27 ] . He died June 23, 2008 in Plantation, Florida.cite web|title =Vic Hershkowitz, Dominant Handball Star, Dies at 89 | url =http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/sports/othersports/27hershkowitz.html?sq=hershkowitz&st=nyt&adxnnl=1&scp=1&adxnnlx=1214580797-QvZ/X00hgg4x///gQO1Baw&pagewanted=print | accessdate =2008-06-27 ]

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