Jack Shapiro - Wikipedia
Jack Emanuel "Soupy" Shapiro (March 22, 1907 – February 5, 2001) was an American gridiron football player who played in one game with the Staten Island Stapletons of the National Football League (NFL) in 1929. Shapiro is most famous for being the shortest player in NFL history at about 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m).
Former NYPD Cop Drowns Surfing 39° Long Island Waters
Jan 22, 2025 · Jack Shapiro was surfing at Gilgo Beach on Sunday, January 19th when, just after 2:00 pm local time, he was found unresponsive on the shore by health officials. He was 54 years old. Water temperatures were reportedly a frigid, 39 degrees on Sunday at the time of the incident. Fellow surfers and good samaritans pulled Shapiro ashore during the ...
Surfer dies following rescue attempt in frigid Long Island water
Jan 21, 2025 · Jack Shapiro, 54, was found unresponsive off the coast of Gilgo Beach shortly after 2 p.m., police said. He was pulled to shore by a bystander, given CPR, and taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The cause of death remains under investigation by the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Retired NYPD Sergeant Dies While Surfing in Frigid Waters
Jan 21, 2025 · Jack Shapiro, 54, of Holbrook was identified as the victim after being pulled to shore by a bystander off the coast of Gilgo Beach, just after 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 19, the Associated Press ...
Family mourns ex-NYPD cop who died surfing on Long Island, …
Jack Shapiro, a 54-year-old outdoorsman and retired Brooklyn cop, was winter-surfing off Gilgo Beach with friends around 2:20 p.m. when he plunged into the surf and had to be pulled to shore ...
Retired NYPD cop dies in apparent drowning while surfing in icy …
Jan 20, 2025 · Jack Shapiro, 54, of Holbrook — who officials say retired from the NYPD more than a decade ago — became unresponsive as he surfed just off the Babylon beach around 2:20 p.m. Sunday, Suf…
Former NYPD officer found in frigid waters off Gilgo Beach
Jan 21, 2025 · Jack Shapiro, 54, was pulled ashore by a bystander while surfing in Long Island’s frigid waters. Despite receiving CPR and being rushed to a nearby hospital, he was pronounced dead.
Former NYPD sergeant dies while surfing in frigid Long Island water
6 days ago · Jack Shapiro, 54, was found unresponsive off the coast of Gilgo Beach shortly after 2 p.m., police said. He was pulled to shore by a bystander, given CPR, and taken to a nearby hospital, where he...
Surfer dies following rescue attempt in frigid Long Island water
Jan 21, 2025 · A former New York City police sergeant, Jack Shapiro, died from an apparent drowning while surfing in the frigid waters of Long Island on Sunday, The Associated Press reported. Shapiro, 54, was ...
Surfer rescued in icy Gilgo Beach waters dies at hospital: cops
Jan 20, 2025 · A man surfing in frigid waters off the south coast of Long Island on Sunday was pulled from the water by a passerby but later pronounced dead at a local hospital, authorities said.. Jack Shapiro ...