caption height_ft death_date weight_lb image_size nationality position article_title height_in birth_date image college name
'' nemer as a lawyer , c. 1950s '' 6 7 december 1980 165 110px american forward / center jerry nemer
 0 7 january 1912 jerry nemer.jpg usc -lrb- 1930 -- 1933 -rrb- jerry nemer
jerry nemer

jerome `` jerry '' nemer -lrb- january 7 , 1912 -- december 7 , 1980 -rrb- was an american basketball player at the university of southern california -lrb- usc -rrb- who became the first jew to captain a major athletic team at the school .
nemer had enrolled at usc in the fall of 1929 to play for the basketball and baseball teams , but sam barry , who coached both sports , felt that the basketball team needed more help , so nemer quit baseball to focus on basketball .
