Jackie Goldsmith

Jackie Goldsmith (March 21, 1921 – October 23, 1968) was an American basketball player.He was an All-American at the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University and played for one season in the American National Basketball League.

Goldsmith, a 5'8 guard, came to LIU following a high school career at nearby Thomas Jefferson High School.After a season on the school's freshman team, he spent three years in the United States Coast Guard during World War II.Following the close of his college career, Goldsmith played briefly for the Toledo Jeeps of the NBL.

In 1951, Goldsmith became one of a number of New York City basketball figures implicated in the CCNY point shaving scandal.He was ultimately sentenced to two and a half to four years in prison for fixing games at LIU and Manhattan College.