- Julia Jones Pugliese
Julia Jones Pugliese (
May 9 ,1909 –March 6 ,1993 ) was an American fencer.Born Julia Jones, she married Anthony Pugliese.
Career
* 1928: Founded (with
Dorothy Hafner andElizabeth Ross ), the IWFA (later, NIWFA)
* 1928: Winner, IWFA Individual Championship (and member of winning NYU team)
* 1932-38: Coach of NYU team when it won IWFA championships in 1932, 1933, and 1938
* 1956-93: Coach of Hunter College fencing teams
* 1970: A Fencing Coach of World University Games team. Hunter team won NIFWA title, named NIFWA coach of the year.
* 1977: United States women’s and men’s fencing coach atMaccabiah Games
* 1981: United States women’s and men’s fencing coach atMaccabiah Games
* 1992: NIFWA Coach of the YearHall of Fame and Awards
* 1930: NYU Athletics Hall of Fame
* USFA Hall of Honor
* 2002: International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame "Pillar of Achievement"Trivia
The Team Medals and Individual Foil Champion trophy for the NIWFA are named after Julia Jones (under her maiden name), and fashioned in her likeness.
External links
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00617FA3E5B0C7A8CDDAA0894DB494D81 Julia Jones -- NY Times Obit]
* [http://www.jewishsports.net/PillarAchievementBios/JuliaJonesPugliese.htm Pillar Achievement Bio]
* [http://www.niwfa.com/founder.html NIFWA page on their founder, Julia Jones]
* [http://www.nyu.edu/athletics/hof/alphabetical.html NYU Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.niwfa.com/awards.html NIWFA Awards Page]
* [http://www.fencingonfairfield.com/rollofhonor.htm/julia Julia Jones's page from the USFA Hall of Honor]
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