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Abraham Shneior

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Abraham Shneior
אברהם שניאור
Personal information
Born(1928-12-09)December 9, 1928
Mandatory Palestine
DiedFebruary 24, 1998(1998-02-24) (aged 69)
NationalityIsrael
Listed height6 ft 1.25 in (1.86 m)
Career information
Playing career1945–1959
PositionCenter
Number3
Coaching career1959–1965
Career history
As player:
1945–1959Maccabi Tel Aviv
As coach:
1959–1960Hapoel Holon
1961–1962Hapoel Haifa
1962–1963Hapoel Givat Brenner
1963–1964Maccabi Petah Tikva
1964–1965Hapoel Haifa
Career highlights and awards
As player:
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Israel
Maccabiah Games
Silver medal – second place 1953 Tel Aviv

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

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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

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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 6 feet 1 inch (185 cm) 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

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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.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Abraham Shneior". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
  2. ^ Galily, Yair; Ben-Porat, Amir (2013). Sport, Politics and Society in the Land of Israel: Past and Present. Routledge. ISBN 9781317967903.
  3. ^ "LATE U. S. BASKET TOPS ISRAEL, 25-23; Groffsky Shot Wins Maccabiah Title – Host Team Defeats American Swimmers". timesmachine.nytimes.com.
  4. ^ "Israel - 1954 World Championship for Men". FIBA.COM.
  5. ^ "Israel - European Championship for Men (1953) - FIBA Europe".
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