Zacharia Ofri Explained

Zacharia Ofri
Nationality:Israeli
Sport:Basketball[1]
Birth Date:7 August 1932
Death Date:[2]

Zacharia (Zekaarya) Ofri (זכריה עופרי) A(7 August 1932  - 9 March 2018) was an Israeli basketball player. He was captain of the Israeli National team that competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics[3] as well as in the 1953 European Cup in Moscow (name transliterated as Afari)[4] and the 1954 World Cup in Rio de Janeiro (name transliterated as Afri)[5]

Ofri was also captain of the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team in Israel.[6] [7]

The Israeli national team was unable to play in the 1956 Olympics because of the Sinai War [8] (Ofri served in the Tank Corps). In 1957, as a compensation for missing the Olympic games, the team went on an exhibition tour in the United States.[9] [10] Ofri was offered a scholarship to play on the NYU basketball[11] (and soccer) teams, and completed his degree in education at NYU.

Ofri taught mathematics at Lincoln High School in Yonkers, New York, until 1983 when he moved back to Israel.[12] In 2013 he was inducted into the Israeli Basketball Hall of Fame.

His daughter is the physician and writer Danielle Ofri.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maccabi Tel Aviv BasketBall Club Former Player Zacharia Ofri . Maccabi Tel Aviv Basketball Club . 9 March 2020.
  2. News: כדורסלן העבר זכריה עופרי הלך לעולמו. he. Ynet. 11 March 2018. 12 December 2018.
  3. Zekaarya Ofri Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418080256/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/of/zekaarya-ofri-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 17 June 2018.
  4. Web site: Israel 1953 European Championship for Men ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. archive.fiba.com. 2020-03-10.
  5. Web site: Israel 1954 World Championship for Men ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. archive.fiba.com. 2020-03-10.
  6. Web site: כדורסלע - מילון הכדורסל השלם זה א-ב של כדורסלע. www.cadursela.co.il. 2020-03-10.
  7. Web site: Maccabi Tel Aviv BasketBall Club Former Player Zacharia Ofri. Maccabi Tel Aviv Basketball Club. 2020-03-10.
  8. Web site: The Yemenite Giant and the Death of Stalin. Ofri. Danielle. 2019-11-13. Tablet Magazine. en. 2019-11-14.
  9. Web site: February 08, 1957 - Image 5. The Detroit Jewish News Digital Archives. en. 2020-03-10.
  10. Web site: Jewish Post 8 February 1957 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program. newspapers.library.in.gov. 2020-03-10.
  11. News: New York Journal American. 17 July 1957. New York Journal American.
  12. News: Ma'ariv. 1983. Ma'ariv.

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