Irving Jaffee

Irving Warren Jaffee (September 15, 1906 in New York City – March 20, 1981 in San Diego, California) was an American speed skater who won two gold medals at the 1932 Winter Olympics, becoming the most successful athlete there along with his compatriot Jack Shea.He grew up in the Crotona Park section of The Bronx,[5] where he played baseball with future Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg.He briefly attended DeWitt Clinton High School, but dropped out after failing to make the varsity baseball team.[4] In the following 10,000-meter race, Jaffee was leading the competition, having outskated Norwegian defending world champion Bernt Evensen in their heat, when rising temperatures thawed the ice.[8] He served on the American board for the Second Maccabiah Games, held in Israel from April 2 to 10, 1935, despite official opposition by the British Mandatory government, along with Benny Leonard and Nat Holman.
1928 newspaper clipping that mentions the IOC awarding Jaffee as the winner, which was later reversed by the International Skating Union
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