Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame

Sam Bishop

Born Sam Goldstein in Benton Harbor. Star basketball and football player at Lane Tech High School in Chicago and Benton Harbor High. Continued to star in both sports at Western State Teachers College in Kalamazoo. Hired at Detroit Northwestern High School as football coach in 1924. Retired in 1968 having earned six city championships and two state titles. Also coached baseball and track teams to championship seasons. Voted National Educator of the Year 1970 by American Association of School Administrators. Elected to Michigan Sports Hall of Fame just prior to his death in 1977. Inducted in 1988