Amnon Harlap ( he, אמנון חרל"פ, born 13 December 1909 - died 29 May 2006) was an Israeli footballer, who played for

Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv ( he, הפועל תל אביב) is a sports club in Israel, founded in the 1920s, and part of the Hapoel association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, suc ...

and the

Mandatory Palestine national football team The Mandatory Palestine national football team, also known as the ''Eretz Israel'' national football team ( he, נבחרת ארץ ישראל בכדורגל, Nivheret Eretz Yisrael Bekhadurgel, lit=Land of Israel national football team), repre ...

Playing career

Harlap was born in

Rehovot Rehovot ( he, רְחוֹבוֹת ''Rəḥōvōt'', ar, رحوڤوت ''Reḥūfūt'') is a city in the Central District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. In it had a population of . Etymology Israel Belkind, founder of the Bilu movement, ...

in 1909, and started playing football with friends in his hometown. At high-school age, he attended the

Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium The Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium ( he, הַגִּימְנַסְיָה הָעִבְרִית הֶרְצְלִיָּה, ''HaGymnasia HaIvrit Herzliya'', Also known as ''Gymnasia Herzliya''), originally known as HaGymnasia HaIvrit (lit. Hebrew High Scho ...

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

, where he joined local youth club Allenby Tel Aviv, which was initially affiliated with

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

, but its members decided to withdraw from Maccabi, due to the professional attitude towards sports and merged in 1927 with

. Harlap stayed with Hapoel until 1935, but in loan one year to Belgium by ARA La Gantoise where he play two games in

Second Division In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ...

. When he was forced to retire from football due to injury.Eretz Israel Was Beaten Thoroughly
Ron Amikam, 17 September 2001, NRG Harlap won 2

championships In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion. Championship systems Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship. Title match system In this system ...

and 2

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, scoring the first goal in the

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

cup final. Harlap was also part of the

, and played two matches for the team, against

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

Personal life

After retiring, Harlap lived in Rehovot, where he worked at the family's business, a construction materials shop. He was also a board member of

Hapoel Rehovot Hapoel Rehovot was a handball team from the city of Rehovot, Israel. Hapoel was the biggest handball club in Israel until the mid-1980s; they won 13 championships and 5 Israeli cups. They also competed 9 times in the European Cup The UEFA ...

. He was brother-in-low of

Yitzhak Katz Yitzhak Katz (19 May 1901 – 1991) was an Israeli civil servant and art critic active in all spheres of Israeli arts and culture. Biography Yitzhak Katz was born 19 May 1901 in Mykolaiv in the southwest Russia Empire (today Ukraine) to a religiou ...

, who married Harlap's sister, Bat-Sheva. His great-nephew is singer and actor

Gidi Gov Gideon "Gidi" Gov ( he, גידי גוב; 4 August 1950) is an Israeli singer, TV host, entertainer, and actor. He was married to the late Anat Gov with whom he had three children. Biography Early life Gov was born in Rehovot, Israel, to Da ...

Honours

* League Championships (2): ** 1933–34, 1934–35 *

Cup A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt). Cups may be made of glass, metal, china, clay, ...

(2): **

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...

External links

Amnon Harlap
Hapoel Wiki

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harlap, Amnon 1909 births 2006 deaths Israeli Jews Mandatory Palestine footballers Israeli footballers Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players Hapoel Rehovot F.C. players Association football forwards Mandatory Palestine international footballers