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Ronald Green
Personal information
Born(1944-08-05)August 5, 1944
Miami Beach, Florida
DiedJuly 2012(2012-07-00) (aged 67)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Career information
High schoolMiami Beach
(Miami Beach, Florida)
CollegeVanderbilt (1963–1966)
NBA draft1966: undrafted
PositionForward
Medals
Representing  United States
Men's Basketball
Maccabiah Games
Silver medal – second place 1969 Tel Aviv

Ronald Green (רוני גרין; August 5, 1944 – July 2012) was an American basketball player. He played the forward position.[1] He played in the Israel Basketball Premier League, and for the Israeli national basketball team.

Biography

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Green was born in Miami Beach, Florida, and was Jewish.[2][3][4][5] He was raised by Morris and Florence Green.[5] He was 6' 6" (198 cm) tall.[1] His son Erin Green also played professional basketball in Israel.[6]

He attended Miami Beach High School, where Green played on the basketball team from 1960 to 1962, and was named All-City First Team.[5]

Green attended Vanderbilt University (B.A. in Business Administration, '66; MBA University of Miami , '69), on a full scholarship.[7][1][5] He played for the Vanderbilt Commodores from 1963 to 1966.[1][8][9][10][11][12] In 1964–65, the team won the Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship.[5]

He played basketball for Team USA in the 1965 Maccabiah Games alongside Tal Brody and Steve Chubin, winning a gold medal, and in the 1969 Maccabiah Games alongside Steve Kaplan, Jack Langer, and Neal Walk, winning a silver medal.[13][14][15]

Green played professionally in the Israel Basketball Premier League for Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1970–71, averaging 14.1 points per game.[5][16][17] He played on the Israeli national basketball team, winning a silver medal with the team at the 1970 Asian Games.[18] In addition, he played in the Italian Professional League.[5]

After playing basketball abroad, and marrying an Israeli nurse, Green returned to Miami to work with Green Brothers Food Brokerage, as well as an account manager with Buitoni and Häagen-Dazs.[5][19] Green suffered from a rare disease known as multiple system atrophy.[5] Green married Carol Litman, a high school English teacher, in 1983. She cared for him as MSA took his life.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Ron Green College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  2. ^ Jessie Silver (October 6, 1967). "Athletes and Sports Events of the Past Year". The Detroit Jewish News.
  3. ^ Jessie and Roy Silver (April 6, 1965). "Sports by Silver", The Jewish Transcript.
  4. ^ Jessie and Roy Silver (January 15, 1965). "Jews in Sports". The Detroit Jewish News.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Ronald Green Obituary". The Miami Herald. July 26, 2012.
  6. ^ Liran Jakob Rosenfeld (June 13, 2018). "An Interview with the Best Corporate Immigration Attorney I Know". PassRight.
  7. ^ 2007–08 Vanderbilt Basketball; Records and History
  8. ^ "Jerry Southwood an essential piece of impressive three-year run by Commodores". Vanderbilt University Athletics – Official Athletics Website. February 11, 2015.
  9. ^ Clyde Lee (March 21, 2007). "Vandy Makes Elite Eight in 1965". Vanderbilt University Athletics – Official Athletics Website.
  10. ^ Don Yates (January 18, 2005). "Flashback: The Great Start of 1965–66". Vandy247.
  11. ^ 2013–14 Vanderbilt Men's Basketball Fact Book. 2013.
  12. ^ Don Yates (November 25, 2004). "Five great season openers in Vanderbilt history". Vandy247.
  13. ^ "Dave Newmark Turns Pro ... Maccabiah and ABA Stars". The Detroit Jewish News. July 5, 1968.
  14. ^ "U.S. FIVE TAKES TITLE IN ISRAEL; Tops Host Team, 74-66, for Maccabiah Gold Medal" (PDF).
  15. ^ "U.S. Cage Team For Maccabiah". Jewish Post. April 25, 1969.
  16. ^ "מנהלת ליגת העל בכדורסל | כדורסל ישראלי | עונת 1970–71 | מכבי תל אביב | רוני גרין". basket.co.il.
  17. ^ "⁨הנ י גרי‭2)! מטה ־ _נדורסלן _אמריסני נוסף במכבי ת"א ⁩ | ⁨מעריב⁩ | 16 יולי 1970 | אוסף העיתונות | הספרייה הלאומית". www.nli.org.il.
  18. ^ "טופ 20 קצת אחר". www.cadursela.co.il.
  19. ^ "Will Ronnie Green Go Back?". Jewish Post. July 23, 1971.
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