Ka cika wannan magana: An haifi Cohen a Brooklyn, New York, kuma Bayahude ne. Dan uwansa Herb Cohen ya yi gasa a gasar
Wasannin Maccabiah na 1961 a Isra'ila, ya lashe gasar zakarun kwallon kafa ta NCAA a 1961-62, ya lashe lambar tagulla a wasan kwallon kafa na mutum daya da lambar zinare tare da kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Amurka a Wasannin Pan American na 1963, ya kasance zakaran kwallon kafa na Amateur Fencers League of America (AFLA) a 1964, kuma ya yi wasan kwallon kafa na mutum daya da na kungiya don Amurka a wasannin Olympics na 1964.