Vic Hershkowitz (5 October 1918 – 23 June 2008) was a dominant

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player who played from the early 1940s to the early 1960s. He won 23 amateur national titles. He was a

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fireman. His accomplishments include winning forty national and international handball titles, including nine consecutive Three-Wall Singles Championships. He died 23 June 2008 in

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