Английская Википедия:Haim Hazan (basketball)

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox basketball biography Haim Hazan (חיים חזן; January 20, 1937 - February 21, 1994) was an Israeli basketball player. He played the guard position.[1] He played in the Israel Basketball Premier League, and for the Israeli national basketball team.

Biography

Hazan was born in Jaffa in Palestine, and grew up playing in the Hassan-Bek youth club in the Manshiya neighborhood of Jaffa.[1] He was 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) tall.[1] When Hazan was 19 years old, American basketball coach Elmer Ripley said: "This is the little one, he will be huge. He will be the best basketball player in Israel."[2]

He played 11 seasons in the Israel Basketball Premier League for Hapoel Tel Aviv from 1954 to 1966.[3] Hazan had leg surgery in both April and May 1965, leading to the end of his career at 27 years of age.[4][5] He later coached Hapoel Tel Aviv and other basketball teams.[6][1] His son Erez played 13 seasons in the league.[7]

Hazan played in 50 games for the Israeli national basketball team.[1] He also played while he was in the army for the Israel Defense Forces basketball team.[8] He played for the national team in the 1959 European Championship for Men, 1960 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament, 1961 European Championship for Men, 1963 European Championship for Men, 1964 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, and 1965 European Championship for Men.[9]

During and after his basketball career, Hazan was a professional glassblower.[2][10]

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