Why football does not remember the name of its greatest ever Jewish player

W ho was the best Brazilian player of all time? Pelé comes the answer. Argentina? Maradona or Messi. Hungary ? Puskas. Holland? Cruyff. Germany? Beckenbauer. Portugal? Eusébio or Ronaldo – take your pick. France? Zidane? England? Perhaps Bobby Charlton? What about the best Jewish footballer ever? Gotcha! That’s one to send even a group of the most historically literate Jewish football nerds into a prolonged silence. Not even a semblance of a suggestion is likely to emanate from their lips. …