| Hymie Kloner | |
| Position: | Right half |
| Birth Date: | 23 May 1929 |
| Birth Place: | Lithuania |
| Death Date: | July 2010 (aged 81) |
| Death Place: | South Africa |
| Years1: | – |
| Years2: | 1950 |
| Caps2: | 1 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | – |
| Nationalyears1: | 1950 |
| Nationalteam1: | South Africa |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Hymie Kloner (23 May 1929 – July 2010) was a South African professional footballer who won four caps for his national team and who played in the Football League for Birmingham City. He played as a right half.
Kloner was born in Lithuania,[1] the son of Jewish parents. The family emigrated to South Africa when Kloner was a boy.[1] Though his parents were not keen on his playing football, the principal of the Jewish Government School encouraged him, and he eventually played for the Marist Brothers club.[2] In June and July 1950, the 21-year-old Kloner played four matches for the South Africa national football team against a touring Australia team.[3] [4]
Later that year he came to England as a triallist. He was taken on by Birmingham City, and played once in the Football League, on 2 December 1950, standing in for Len Boyd in the Second Division game away to Leeds United which Leeds won 3–0.[5] Kloner returned to South Africa that same month, and continued his football career domestically[6] with Rangers FC.[1] He played representative football for Southern Transvaal, and in 1954 played against a touring Israeli team.
In later life Kloner took up bowls. He died in July 2010.[1]
A. The Jewish Report, while confirming Kloner's appearance for the Southern Transvaal side against the touring Israelis, also suggests that he played for the South African national team in the 1 May 1954 test match,[7] though the RSSSF would disagree.[3]