Danny Rubin (basketball)
Free agent | |
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Position | Shooting guard |
Personal information | |
Born | Chevy Chase, Maryland | July 26, 1991
Nationality | American / Israeli |
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Listed weight | 198 lb (90 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Landon School (Bethesda, Maryland) |
College | Boston College (2010–2014) |
NBA draft | 2014: undrafted |
Playing career | 2014–present |
Career history | |
2014–2015 | Hapoel Kazrin/Galil Elion |
2015–2017 | Bnei Herzliya |
Danny Rubin (Hebrew: דני רובין; born July 26, 1991) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player who last played for Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[1][2][3]
He won a gold medal with Team USA in basketball in the 2013 Maccabiah Games, and he played college basketball for Boston College. In 2015, he was named to the Eurobasket.com All-Israeli National League 2nd Team.
Biography
[edit]Danny Rubin is Jewish.[4] After graduating from Boston College in 2014, he moved to Israel.
Sports career
[edit]In high school, he was selected as a McDonald's All-American nominee, he earned honorable mention All-Met, All-Gazette and All-Montgomery County Sentinel honors as he averaged 18 points a game as a senior at Landon School in 2010, and led them to back to back Interstate Athletic Conference titles.[5][6]
He played college basketball for Boston College.[7] The Washington Post ran an article of his impressive rise, entitled "Danny Rubin goes from Landon to Boston College walk-on to ACC starter."[8] In July 2013, Rubin represented Team USA in the 2013 Maccabiah Games. Coached by Maccabi Haifa head coach Brad Greenberg, Rubin and his teammates competed in the "open" division of this tournament.[9][10] He scored 25 points as Team USA beat Team Argentina, 87–76, to win the gold medal.[11][12][13]
In 2014, he moved to Israel and joined Hapoel Kazrin/Galil Elion for the 2014–15 season. In 29 games for Kazrin, he averaged 15.1 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.6 steals per game.[14] He was named to the Eurobasket.com All-Israeli National League 2nd Team.[14]
On July 23, 2015, Rubin signed with Bnei Herzliya.[15][16][17][18]
References
[edit]- ^ "Danny Rubin joins Bnei Hertzeliyya" - Court Side Basketball News
- ^ הגארד האמריקאי דני רובין מתקרב לבני הרצליה
- ^ הגארד דני רובין חתם לשנתיים בהרצליה
- ^ "Where is the Next Big Jewish Basketball Star?" | The Great Rabbino, Jewish Journal
- ^ "Danny Rubin goes from Landon to Boston College walk-on to ACC starter"
- ^ "Boston College's Danny Rubin Hitting A Freshman Wall", SB Nation Boston
- ^ "Danny Rubin Bio"[permanent dead link]
- ^ Danny Rubin goes from Landon to Boston College walk-on to ACC starter, The Washington Post
- ^ RUBIN TO COMPETE IN 19TH MACCABIAH
- ^ ""Danny Rubin to Represent U.S.A. in Israel"". Archived from the original on 2015-10-04. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
- ^ "Rubin on Rubin: Gold Medal for USA At Maccabiah Games" - BC Interruption
- ^ "US dominates the Maccabiah team finals", The Times of Israel
- ^ "American men, women win hoops gold", The Jerusalem Post
- ^ a b "Bnei Hertzeliyya inks Danny Rubin", Eurobasket News
- ^ ""Danny Rubin signs with Bnei Herzliya; The ex Boston College player spent the season with Hapoel Kazrin"". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
- ^ "דני רובין - בני הרצליה". Archived from the original on 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
- ^ הגארד היהודי דני רובין חתם לשנתיים בהרצליה
- ^ בני הרצליה: דני רובין חתם לשנתיים - וואלה! ספורט
External links
[edit]- 1991 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Israel
- Bnei Herzliya basketball players
- Boston College Eagles men's basketball players
- Competitors at the 2013 Maccabiah Games
- People from Chevy Chase, Maryland
- Basketball players from Montgomery County, Maryland
- Maccabiah Games basketball players for the United States
- Maccabiah Games gold medalists for the United States
- Shooting guards
- American men's basketball players
- Maccabiah Games medalists in basketball
- 21st-century American Jews
- Jewish American basketball players
- Jews from Maryland
- 21st-century American sportsmen