Irving Mondschein

Irving “Moon” Mondschein placed at the AAU meet in the high jump, triple jump, and decathlon. He was AAU decathlon champion in 1944 and 1946-47. He was NCAA champion in the high jump in 1947-48 for New York University, where he was also an end on the football team. He later became a coach, coaching track, basketball, and football at Lincoln University. He then became an assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania and was later head coach there for many years. Mondschein was also an advisor to the Israeli Ministry of Education, helping to prepare Israel’s athletes for the 1952 Olympics. He was inducted into the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame as well as into the NYU Athletics Hall of Fame, the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, the New York Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, and the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

Personal Bests: HJ – 2.02 (6-7¾) (1949); Dec – 6894 (1949).