the child of Evelyn and Jack Braun, who divorced when Sandy was three. His mother later remarried when Sandy was nine, to Irving Koufax, who Sandy regarded as his father. Sandy attended Brooklyn’s Lafayette High School, but sports were not played there for a few years due to a teacher’...
Sandy Koufax was born Sanford Braun in December 1935 in Brooklyn, New York, the child of Evelyn and Jack Braun, who divorced when Sandy was three. His mother later remarried when Sandy was nine, to Irving Koufax, who Sandy regarded as his father. Sandy attended Brooklyn’s Lafayette High S...