{"id":12970,"date":"2011-09-18T21:46:24","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T01:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/team-canada\/montgomery-herscovitch-2\/"},"modified":"2021-12-08T17:04:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T22:04:54","slug":"montgomery-herscovitch","status":"publish","type":"athletes","link":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/montgomery-herscovitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Montgomery Herscovitch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c0 <a href=\"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/jeux\/1920-antwerp\/\">Anvers 1920<\/a>, Montgomery Hart \u00ab&nbsp;<em>Moe<\/em>&nbsp;\u00bb Herscovitch boxait pour le Canada dans la cat\u00e9gorie des poids moyens. S\u2019inclinant qu\u2019\u00e0 une seule reprise aux Jeux en demi-finale aux mains de l\u2019\u00e9ventuel champion, le Britannique Harry Mallin, Herscovitch a ensuite battu le Norv\u00e9gien Hjalmar Stromme par KO dans le combat pour la m\u00e9daille de bronze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Athl\u00e8te incroyable, Herscovitch a joint le club sportif MAAA en 1913 et a pratiqu\u00e9 le football au sein du Montr\u00e9al Football Club jusqu\u2019en 1915. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 artilleur dans l\u2019Arm\u00e9e canadienne lors de la Premi\u00e8re Guerre mondiale, o\u00f9 il s\u2019est mis \u00e0 boxer pendant qu\u2019il \u00e9tait \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9tranger. \u00c0 son retour au pays en 1919, il a \u00e9volu\u00e9 pour une \u00e9quipe de rugby qui a remport\u00e9 le championnat de division cette ann\u00e9e-l\u00e0, en plus d\u2019\u00eatre nomm\u00e9 au sein de l\u2019\u00e9quipe olympique pour les Jeux de 1920. \u00c0 la suite de ces Jeux d\u2019Anvers, Herscovitch a disput\u00e9 24 combats entre 1921 et 1924, pr\u00e9sentant une fiche de neuf victoires (six par KO), 14 d\u00e9faites (quatre par KO) et un match nul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quand Herscovitch s\u2019est retir\u00e9 en 1924 et il est devenu commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 faire du b\u00e9n\u00e9volat comme entra\u00eeneur au club de boxe YMHA. Il est demeur\u00e9 impliqu\u00e9 dans le monde du sport et dans sa communaut\u00e9 en tant que pr\u00e9sident de Rugby Qu\u00e9bec. Enfant de parents juifs, William et Anna Herscovitch, il a \u00e9pous\u00e9 Celia Goldblatt \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al en 1921. Il est \u00e9ventuellement devenu p\u00e8re, grand-p\u00e8re et arri\u00e8re-grand-p\u00e8re et a \u0153uvr\u00e9 comme courtier d\u2019assurance jusqu\u2019\u00e0 sa mort en juillet 1969.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Herscovitch a \u00e9t\u00e9 intronis\u00e9 au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e olympique du Canada en 1956.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c0 Anvers 1920, Montgomery Hart \u00ab&nbsp;Moe&nbsp;\u00bb Herscovitch boxait pour le Canada dans la cat\u00e9gorie des poids moyens. 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