While attending high school, he was a member of the basketball and football teams and the Latin Club.

He played at the tackle and guard positions for the Florida Gators football teams from 1923 to 1925 under coaches James Van Fleet and Harold Sebring.

[3] Goldstein was a starter for the 16-to-6 upset victory in the rain over the Alabama Crimson Tide at Rickwood Field.

[5] After his brief career as a professional football player ended, Goldstein worked as a lawyer in Miami Beach.

[11] He was a founder of the law firm of Goldstein, Klein, Burris & Lehrman, the ranks of which later included Florida Governor Fuller Warren.