the New York Mets board of directors Basketball Alex Crisano, basketball player for the Philippine Patriots Phil Farbman (1924–1996), basketball player in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) as a member of the Philadelphia Warriors and Boston Celtics Nat Frankel, basketball player in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and the American Basketball League (ABL) Fran Fraschilla (B.A. 1980), basketball coach at Manhattan College, St. John's University and University of New Mexico; now ESPN broadcast analyst Bill Green (M.A. 1967), basketball All-American Mel Hirsch (B.A. 1943), professional basketball player who played for the Boston Celtics, 1946–47 Marvin Kratter (1937), owner of Boston Celtics Johnny Most (B.A. 1947), sports announcer; radio voice of the Boston Celtics Tom Sealy, basketball player for the Harlem Globetrotters and in the National Basketball League Chess Gata Kamsky (B.A. 1999), Soviet-born American chess grandmaster, five-time U.S. Champion, current World Rapid Chess Champion, current US Chess Champion Alex Lenderman (attended 2007–2009), Russian-American chess grandmaster; U16 (under 16 years old) 2005 world chess champion Max Pavey (M.A. 1948), chess master Raymond Weinstein (B.A. 1963), chess player and International Master; US Junior Chess Champion Bernard Zuckerman, chess International Master Soccer Jonathan Akpoborie, Nigerian soccer player Mirsad Huseinovic (attended 1988–92), Yugoslavian-born U.S. soccer player Ernest Inneh, Nigerian-American soccer player Antonio Superbia (B.S. 1994), retired Brazilian-American soccer player and coach. Other Karen Allison (B.A. 1961), American-Canadian bridge player, winner of five national championships Donald Aronow (B.A. 1950), designer, builder and racer of the Cigarette, Donzi, and Formula speed boat Nikki Franke (B.S. 1972), Olympic foil fencer and fencing coach Irma Garcia (M.S. 2001), athletics director at St. Francis College; first Latina athletic director in NCAA Division I sports Ralph Goldstein (1913–1997), Olympic épée fencer Pearson Jordan (B.S. 1990), Barbadian sprinter who competed in the men's 100 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics Allie Sherman, (B.A. 1943), President of OTB; NFL player and coach of the New York Giants football team, 1961—68 Sydne Vogel (B.S. 2009), former competitive figure skater, 1997 World Junior champion References Brooklyn College Brooklyn College alumni