Tanhum Cohen-Mintz

Tanhum Cohen-Mintz
Position Center
Height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
League Euroleague
Team Maccabi Tel Aviv
Born October 8, 1939 (1939-10-08) (age 72)
Riga, Latvia
Nationality Israeli
Awards

Tanhum Cohen-Mintz (also "Tanchum or Tani" and "Cohen-Minz"; born October 8, 1939) is a former Israeli basketball player.[1] He is 6' 8" tall, and played center.[2][3]

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Early life

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

Basketball career

He played for Maccabi Tel Aviv.[7][8]

He also played for and was captain of the Israel national basketball team, playing for it 89 times from 1958–71, during which time he scored 1,076 points.[9][3] He was a starting-five member of the 1964 and 1965 European All-Star Team.[3]

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] In 2005, he was voted the 134th-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest Israelis.[10]

Hall of Fame

He is a member of the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 1992.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. KTAV Publishing House, Inc.. http://books.google.com/books?id=dAq4TGQsWwwC&pg=PA282&dq=Tanhum+Cohen-Mintz&hl=en&ei=bC4nTrLOO6y20AGcvcDDCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Tanhum%20Cohen-Mintz&f=false. Retrieved July 20, 2011. 
  2. ^ "Russell Puts New "Z-o-o-m" Into Celts Starting Lineup". The Telegraph. November 23, 1966. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fK0rAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fP0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=5274,2950642&dq=tanchum+cohen-mintz&hl=en. Retrieved July 20, 2011. 
  3. ^ a b c d e "Cohen-Mintz, Tanny: Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum". Jewsinsports.org. October 8, 1939. http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=basketball&ID=10. Retrieved July 20, 2011. 
  4. ^ Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver (1965). Encyclopedia of Jews in sports. Bloch Pub. Co.. http://books.google.com/books?id=AgmDAAAAMAAJ&q=Tanhum+Cohen-Mintz&dq=Tanhum+Cohen-Mintz&hl=en&ei=bC4nTrLOO6y20AGcvcDDCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA. Retrieved July 20, 2011. 
  5. ^ Robert Slater (2000). Great Jews in sports. http://books.google.com/books?id=Yw-DAAAAMAAJ&q=Tanhum+Cohen-Mintz&dq=Tanhum+Cohen-Mintz&hl=en&ei=bC4nTrLOO6y20AGcvcDDCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAw. Retrieved July 20, 2011. 
  6. ^ Karen Breen, Judith Silverman (1988). Index to collective biographies for young readers. http://books.google.com/books?id=fHmG9OWAltAC&pg=PA29&dq=Tanhum+Cohen-Mintz&hl=en&ei=bC4nTrLOO6y20AGcvcDDCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Tanhum%20Cohen-Mintz&f=false. Retrieved July 20, 2011. 
  7. ^ a b Allon Sinai (April 14, 2008). "No.22 – Tanhum Cohen-Mintz". The Jerusalem Post. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/1462295231.html?dids=1462295231:1462295231&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Apr+14%2C+2008&author=Allon+Sinai&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=No.22+-+Tanhum+Cohen-Mintz&pqatl=google. Retrieved July 20, 2011. 
  8. ^ Klein, Yossi (April 2, 2008). "Standing tall to be counted". Haaretz. http://www.haaretz.com/standing-tall-to-be-counted-1.258855. Retrieved July 20, 2011. 
  9. ^ Yaacov Ro'i (2003). The Struggle for Soviet Jewish Emigration, 1948–1967. Cambridge University Press. http://books.google.com/books?id=vvfIq0aJ_1oC&pg=PA424&dq=Tanhum+Cohen-Mintz&hl=en&ei=bC4nTrLOO6y20AGcvcDDCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Tanhum%20Cohen-Mintz&f=false. Retrieved July 20, 2011. 
  10. ^ גיא בניוביץ' (June 20, 1995). "הישראלי מספר 1: יצחק רבין – תרבות ובידור". Ynet. http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3083171,00.html. Retrieved July 10, 2011. 
  11. ^ Joe Hoffman (May 24, 1992). "Chodorov Tops List Of Inductees to Jewish Sports Hall of Fame". The Jerusalem Post. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/99696397.html?dids=99696397:99696397&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=May+24%2C+1992&author=JOE+HOFFMAN&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=CHODOROV+TOPS+LIST+OF+INDUCTEES+TO+JEWISH+SPORTS+HALL+OF+FAME&pqatl=google. Retrieved July 20, 2011. 

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