Tanhum Cohen-Mintz Explained

Tanhum Cohen-Mintz
Position:Center
Height Ft:6
Height In:8.5
Weight Lbs:210
Nationality:Israeli
Birth Date:1939 10, mf=yes
Birth Place:Riga, Latvia
Death Place:Tel Aviv, Israel
Career Start:1956
Career End:1972
Years1:1956–1972
Team1:Maccabi Tel Aviv
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Tanhum Cohen-Mintz (תנחום (תני) כהן-מינץ; also "Tanchum or Tani" and "Cohen-Minz"; October 18, 1939 – October 11, 2014) was an Israeli professional basketball player.[1] He was 6'8 " (2.04 m) tall, and he played at the center position.[2] [3]

Early life

Cohen-Mintz, who was Jewish, was born in Riga, Latvia.[1] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Basketball career

Cohen-Mintz started his sporting career in tennis, following the footsteps of his mother, Edith Cohen-Mintz, who was Israel's women's tennis champion for several years in the 1950s. He himself was Israel's junior tennis champion. He was viewed on the tennis court by legendary basketball coach Yehoshua Rozin, who was impressed by his height and athletic abilities. Rozin convinced Cohen-Mintz to convert to basketball.

During his club basketball career, he played with Maccabi Tel Aviv.[7] [8] He was a starting-five member of the 1964 and 1965 FIBA European Selection All-Star Teams.[3]

He also played with, and was the captain of the senior Israeli national basketball team, representing it 89 times, from 1958–1971, during which time he scored 1,076 points.[3] [9]

In 1961, he was selected as Israel's Sportsman of the Year.[3] In 1998, Ma'ariv named him one of the five best basketball players in Israel's history.[3]

Hall of Fame

According to some sources, Tanhum Cohen Mintz is a member of the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 1992,[10] but his name appears neither in the list of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees[11] nor in the list of the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees.[12]

Personal life

His son, Uri Cohen-Mintz, is also a former basketball player, and he also played for Israel's national team.

Death

Cohen-Mintz died October 11, 2014, at the age of 75, of cancer.[13]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Day by day in Jewish sports history . KTAV Publishing House, Inc.. 2008. Bob Wechsler . 9780881259698 . July 20, 2011.
  2. News: Russell Puts New "Z-o-o-m" Into Celts Starting Lineup. The Telegraph . November 23, 1966. July 20, 2011.
  3. Web site: Cohen-Mintz, Tanny: Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum . Jewsinsports.org . October 8, 1939 . July 20, 2011.
  4. Book: Encyclopedia of Jews in sports . registration . Tanhum Cohen-Mintz. . Bloch Pub. Co. . 1965 . Bernard Postal . Jesse Silver . Roy Silver . July 20, 2011.
  5. Book: Great Jews in sports . 2000 . Robert Slater . 9780824604332 . July 20, 2011.
  6. Book: Index to collective biographies for young readers . 1988 . Karen Breen . Judith Silverman . 9780835223485 . July 20, 2011.
  7. News: No.22 – Tanhum Cohen-Mintz . https://web.archive.org/web/20121107114552/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/1462295231.html?dids=1462295231:1462295231&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Apr+14,+2008&author=Allon+Sinai&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=No.22+-+Tanhum+Cohen-Mintz&pqatl=google . dead . November 7, 2012 . The Jerusalem Post. April 14, 2008 . Allon Sinai. July 20, 2011.
  8. News: Klein . Yossi . Standing tall to be counted. Haaretz. April 2, 2008 . July 20, 2011.
  9. Book: The Struggle for Soviet Jewish Emigration, 1948–1967 . Cambridge University Press. 2003 . Yaacov Ro'i . 9780521522441 . July 20, 2011.
  10. News: Chodorov Tops List Of Inductees to Jewish Sports Hall of Fame . https://web.archive.org/web/20121107114608/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/99696397.html?dids=99696397:99696397&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=May+24,+1992&author=JOE+HOFFMAN&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=CHODOROV+TOPS+LIST+OF+INDUCTEES+TO+JEWISH+SPORTS+HALL+OF+FAME&pqatl=google . dead . November 7, 2012 . The Jerusalem Post. May 24, 1992 . Joe Hoffman . July 20, 2011.
  11. http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/Tables/Sport/Basketball.htm Elected members of the International International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame: Basketball
  12. http://www.jewishsports.org/jewishsports/inductees.asp National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees/honorees
  13. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Sports/Israeli-sports-mourns-the-passing-of-Cohen-Mintz-378609 Israeli sports mourns the passing of Cohen-Mintz

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