Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame

Julius Goldman

Acclaimed finest athlete ever at the Detroit Institute of Technology (Detroit Tech). A four-sport athlete, winning 14 letters in basketball, football, baseball and track. Later became Detroit Tech’s most successful basketball coach with a .656 winning percentage. In 1973 was named the top student athlete of the half-century from the W.D. Lowe Secondary School in Windsor, Ontario. Served as assistant coach of 1936 Canadian Olympic Basketball team that won the silver medal in Berlin. Became member of the Olympic Rules Committee. Was leading proponent for change that eliminated jump ball after every field goal. Also, a long-time football and basketball referee in Detroit. Inducted 1991