Irving Meretsky


Irving "Toots" Meretsky was a Canadian basketball player.

Biography

He competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Born in Windsor, Ontario, he was part of the Canadian basketball team, which won the silver medal. He played two games.
He was Jewish, and was one of a number of Jewish athletes who won medals at the Nazi Olympics in Berlin in 1936.
He is the uncle of lawyer Harvey Thomas Strosberg. His grandson, Christopher Meretsky, is a first line hockey player for Auburn University..