Avraham Nudelman ( he, אברהם נודלמן) 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
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 ...
during the
British Mandate era.
Playing career
Nudelman was born in
Menashiya
Manshiya ( he, מנשייה, ar, المنشية, ''al-Manshiyya'') was a residential neighbourhood of Jaffa, Israel.
Manshiyya was located on the border between Jaffa and Tel Aviv, on the seafront north of the harbor.Dumper & Stanley, eds. (2 ...
neighborhood of
Jaffa
Jaffa, in Hebrew Yafo ( he, יָפוֹ, ) and in Arabic Yafa ( ar, يَافَا) and also called Japho or Joppa, the southern and oldest part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, is an ancient port city in Israel. Jaffa is known for its association with the b ...
in 1910, and started playing football with 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
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 ...
. With Hapoel, Nudelman stayed until 1938, when he retired from football in favor of his day job as a worker in
Tel Aviv Harbor. Nudelman won 3
championships
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Championship systems
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Title match system
In this system ...
and 4
cups
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, scoring goals in the
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 ...
and
1938
Events
January
* January 1
** The Constitution of Estonia#Third Constitution (de facto 1938–1940, de jure 1938–1992), new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the a ...
cup finals.
Nudelman was also part of 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 ...
, and played three matches for the team, two against
Egypt
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in 1934, scoring the consolation goal for Mandatory Palestine in a 1–7 defeat, and one against
Greece
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in 1938, after which he retired from the national team.
Personal life
During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, Nudelman was drafted to the
British Army
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, where he served as a driver. After the
1948 Arab–Israeli War
The 1948 (or First) Arab–Israeli War was the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war. It formally began following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine at midnight on 14 May 1948; the Israeli Declaration of Independence had ...
, Nudelman was given a work as a
chauffeur
A chauffeur is a person employed to drive a passenger motor vehicle, especially a luxury vehicle such as a large sedan or limousine.
Originally, such drivers were often personal employees of the vehicle owner, but this has changed to speciali ...
in the
Ministry of Defense
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and played for the ministry's football team.
A Nice Competition
Al HaMishmar, 25 January 1955, Historical Jewish Press
Honours
* League Championships (3):
** 1933–34, 1934–35, 1937–38
*Cup
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(4):
**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 ...
, 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 ...
, 1937
Events
January
* January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua.
* January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Fe ...
, 1938
Events
January
* January 1
** The Constitution of Estonia#Third Constitution (de facto 1938–1940, de jure 1938–1992), new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the a ...
External links
Avraham Nudelman
Hapoel Wiki
Nucha: The Cup Is Mine
Ya'akov Bar-On, Hadshot HaSport, 18 October 1967, via wiki.red-fans.com
Football and Merriment in… Beirut
Pinchas Zahavi, Hadshot HaSport, 10 April 1970, via wiki.red-fans.com
References
1910 births
1985 deaths
20th-century Israeli Jews
Jews in Ottoman Palestine
Jews in Mandatory Palestine
Israeli men's footballers
Mandatory Palestine men's footballers
Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players
Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim F.C. managers
Footballers from Jaffa
Men's association football wingers
Israeli football managers
Mandatory Palestine men's international footballers
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