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Yoel Alroy
Yoel Alroy ( he, יואל אלרואי; 1930 – 21 September 2023) was an Israeli Association football, footballer and politician. He played as a Forward (association football), forward for Maccabi Netanya F.C., Maccabi Netanya and after his retirement from football served as the mayor of Netanya from 1983 to 1993. Early life Yoel Alroy was born in 1930 in Petah Tikva, but moved to Netanya at the age of three weeks where his parents ran an orchard, which was destroyed during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, leaving Yoel's family nearly bankrupt. He studied in the Biyalik school, where he concluded his studies in 1947. While in high school, Alroy served in the Haganah, and joined the Maccabi Netanya F.C., Maccabi Netanya, beginning his career in sports. Legal practice and sports career In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Yoel studied in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, earning a degree in law in 1954. He subsequently opened a small law firm in Netanya, and married ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netanya
Netanya (also known as Natanya, he, נְתַנְיָה) is a city in the Northern Central District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa, between Poleg stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the Avihayil stream in the north. Netanya was named in honor of Nathan Straus, a prominent Jewish American merchant and philanthropist in the early 20th century who was the co-owner of Macy's department store. Its of beaches have made the city a popular tourist resort. In , it had a population of , making it the 7th-largest city in Israel by population. An additional 150,000 people live in the local and regional councils within of Netanya, which serves as a regional center for them. The city mayor is Miriam Feirberg. History Netanya was established near the ancient site of Poleg by the Bnei Binyamin association in Zikhron Ya'akov. It was named in honor of Nathan (Hebrew: ''Natan'') Straus (1848–1931), co- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
