Abraham Shneior
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| Born | December 9, 1928 Mandatory Palestine | ||||||||||||||
| Died | February 24, 1998 (aged 69) | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Israel | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1.25 in (1.86 m) | ||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 1945–1959 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 3 | ||||||||||||||
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| 1945–1959 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||||||||||||||
| As coach: | |||||||||||||||
| 1959–1960 | Hapoel Holon | ||||||||||||||
| 1961–1962 | Hapoel Haifa | ||||||||||||||
| 1962–1963 | Hapoel Givat Brenner | ||||||||||||||
| 1963–1964 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | ||||||||||||||
| 1964–1965 | Hapoel Haifa | ||||||||||||||
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Abraham Shneior (alternate spellings: "Avraham" and "Shneur", "Shneor", "Schneor", or "Shaneir"; Hebrew: אברהם שניאור; December 9, 1928 – February 24, 1998) was an Israeli basketball player and coach. During his club playing career, Shneior was the Israeli Premier League's Top Scorer in 1954. Shneior also represented Israel's national team at the 1952 Helsiniki Summer Olympic Games.[1][2]
Club career[edit]
Shneior, who was born in Mandatory Palestine,[1] played club basketball with Maccabi Tel Aviv, of the Israeli Premier League.[1] During his time with Maccabi, he was the captain of the team.
National team career[edit]
Shneior competed for the senior men's Israeli national team. He was the first Team Captain of Israel's national team. He was a part of the Israel at the 1952 Summer Olympics team in Helsinki, at the age of 23.[1] He was the flag bearer for Team Israel at the Olympics. In the Olympic Basketball Tournament, the Israeli national team came in tied for 20th place, after losing to the Philippines, by a score or 57–47, in a game in which he scored 8 points, and losing to Greece, by a score of 54–52, in a game in which he scored 12 points.[1] When he competed in the Olympics he was 6 feet 1 inch (185 cm) tall.[1]
He won a silver medal with Team Israel in the 1953 Maccabiah Games.[3]
He was also on the Israeli national team in the 1954 FIBA World Championship, in which he led the team with an average of 10.8 points per game, and Israel came in 8th place out of 12 teams.[4]
While playing for Israel at the 1953 FIBA EuroBasket, he averaged 9.7 points per game, and while playing for Israel at the 1959 FIBA EuroBasket, he averaged 4.3 points per game.[5]
Coaching career[edit]
After he retired from playing club basketball, Shneior worked as a basketball coach. He was the head coach of the Israeli basketball clubs Hapoel Holon, Hapoel Haifa, Hapoel Givat Brenner, and Maccabi Petah Tikva.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "Abraham Shneior Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ Galily, Yair; Ben-Porat, Amir (2013). Sport, Politics and Society in the Land of Israel: Past and Present. Routledge. ISBN 9781317967903.
- ^ "LATE U. S. BASKET TOPS ISRAEL, 25-23; Groffsky Shot Wins Maccabiah Title – Host Team Defeats American Swimmers". timesmachine.nytimes.com.
- ^ "Israel - 1954 World Championship for Men". FIBA.COM.
- ^ "Israel - European Championship for Men (1953) - FIBA Europe".
- 1928 births
- 1998 deaths
- 1954 FIBA World Championship players
- Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Burials at Yarkon Cemetery
- Centers (basketball)
- Competitors at the 1953 Maccabiah Games
- Hapoel Haifa B.C. coaches
- Hapoel Holon B.C. coaches
- Israeli basketball coaches
- Israeli men's basketball players
- Maccabiah Games medalists in basketball
- Maccabiah Games silver medalists for Israel
- Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players
- Olympic basketball players for Israel