Tanhum Cohen-Mintz
| File:Tanhum Cohen-Mintz 1962.jpg | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | October 8, 1939 Riga, Latvia |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1956–1972 |
| Position | Center |
| Career history | |
| 1956–1972 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Tanhum Cohen-Mintz (also "Tanchum or Tani" and "Cohen-Minz"; October 8, 1939 – October 11, 2014) was an Israeli basketball player.[1] He was 6' 8" tall, and played center.[2][3]
Early life
Cohen-Mintz, who was Jewish, was born in Riga, Latvia.[1][4][5][6][7]
Basketball career
Cohen-Mintz started his sporting career in tennis, following the footsteps of his mother, Edith Cohen-Mintz, who was Israel's women's tennis champion for several years in the 1950s. He himself was Israel's junior tennis champion. He was viewed on the tennis court by legendary basketball coach Yehoshua Rozin, who was impressed by his height and athletic abilities. Rozin convinced Cohen-Mintz to convert to basketball.
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]
His son, Uri Cohen-Mintz, is also a former basketball player and had also played for Israel's national team.
Hall of Fame
According to some sources, Tanhum Cohen Mintz is a member of the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 1992,[10] but his name appears neither in the list of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees[11] nor in the list of the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees.[12]
Death
Cohen-Mintz died October 11, 2014, at the age of 75, of cancer.[13]
References
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- ↑ Elected members of the International International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame: Basketball
- ↑ National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees/honorees
- ↑ Israeli sports mourns the passing of Cohen-Mintz
External links
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- 1939 births
- 2014 deaths
- Asian Games medalists in basketball
- Basketball players at the 1966 Asian Games
- Basketball players at the 1970 Asian Games
- Centers (basketball)
- Israeli basketball players
- Israeli people of Latvian descent
- Jewish basketball players
- Latvian basketball players
- Latvian emigrants to Israel
- Latvian Jews
- Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players
- Sportspeople from Riga
