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Lot # 190: 1963 KTAV Publishing Jewish Sports Champions W/ Koufax and Greenberg

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Item was in Auction "2025 Fall Classic",
which ran from 11/16/2025 12:00 PM to
12/6/2025 10:00 PM



Displayed is a 1963 "Activity Funbook" titled Jewish Sports Champions, which includes 16 sports stamps, one on each athlete profiled in the book, including Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg. The funbook has stamps and biographies on 16 great, Jewish athletes. Each athlete receives a 2-page section of the book, with a 1.5 page biographical story on each athlete and space to affix that athlete's stamp. The included athletes: Baseball - Hank Greenberg, Johnny Kling, Sandy Koufax; Football - Sid Luckman, Benny Friedman; Basketball - Nat Holman, Dolph Schayes;  Bull Fighting - Sidney Franklin; Tennis - Dick Savitt; Boxing - - Barney Ross, Benny Leonard Chess - Bobby Fischer, Samuel Reshevsky; Field Sports - Lillian Copeland; Ice Racing - Irving Jaffe; Golf - Herman Barron.

The athlete stamps measure 2.3x3.2", with pencil drawings on an orange background. The book is published by KTAV Publishing House. The book is soft-cover, with 36 pages, including covers. The funbook is in Near Mint condition, and it appears to a book that was published recently, not more than sex decades ago. The stamps are nicely drawn and the biographies provide some interesting background, with interesting information that may be new to many sports fans.

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