Tanhum Cohen-Mintz
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | |
|---|---|
| Position | Center |
| League | Euroleague |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
October 8, 1939 Riga, Latvia |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (203 cm) |
| Career information | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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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]
Early life
Cohen-Mintz, who is Jewish, was born in Riga, Latvia.[1][4][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.[3][9] 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ↑ "Russell Puts New "Z-o-o-m" Into Celts Starting Lineup". The Telegraph. November 23, 1966. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Cohen-Mintz, Tanny: Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum". Jewsinsports.org. October 8, 1939. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ↑ Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver (1965). Encyclopedia of Jews in sports. Bloch Pub. Co. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ↑ Robert Slater (2000). Great Jews in sports. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ↑ Karen Breen, Judith Silverman (1988). Index to collective biographies for young readers. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Allon Sinai (April 14, 2008). "No.22 – Tanhum Cohen-Mintz". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ↑ Klein, Yossi (April 2, 2008). "Standing tall to be counted". Haaretz. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ↑ Yaacov Ro'i (2003). The Struggle for Soviet Jewish Emigration, 1948–1967. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ↑ גיא בניוביץ' (June 20, 1995). "הישראלי מספר 1: יצחק רבין – תרבות ובידור". Ynet. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
- ↑ Joe Hoffman (May 24, 1992). "Chodorov Tops List Of Inductees to Jewish Sports Hall of Fame". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved July 20, 2011.