Abraham Shneior Explained

Abraham Shneior
אברהם שניאור
Height Ft:6
Height In:1.25
Birth Date:9 December 1928
Birth Place:Mandatory Palestine
Nationality:Israel
Career Start:1945
Career End:1959
Career Position:Center
Career Number:3
Coach Start:1959
Coach End:1965
Years1:1945–1959
Team1:Maccabi Tel Aviv
Cyears1:1959–1960
Cteam1:Hapoel Holon
Cyears2:1961–1962
Cteam2:Hapoel Haifa
Cyears3:1962–1963
Cteam3:Hapoel Givat Brenner
Cyears4:1963–1964
Cteam4:Maccabi Petah Tikva
Cyears5:1964–1965
Cteam5:Hapoel Haifa
Highlights:As player:

Abraham Shneior (alternate spellings: "Avraham" and "Schneior", "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

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

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 6inchesft1inchesin (ftin) 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

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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Abraham Shneior Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418005920/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/abraham-shneior-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. sports-reference.com.
  2. Book: Sport, Politics and Society in the Land of Israel: Past and Present. Yair. Galily. Amir. Ben-Porat. 2013. Routledge. 9781317967903.
  3. Web site: LATE U. S. BASKET TOPS ISRAEL, 25-23; Groffsky Shot Wins Maccabiah Title  - Host Team Defeats American Swimmers. timesmachine.nytimes.com.
  4. Web site: Israel - 1954 World Championship for Men. FIBA.COM.
  5. Web site: Israel - European Championship for Men (1953) - FIBA Europe.