Ezra "Jerry" Glantz (born January 28, 1945, in
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...
) is an American
handball
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goalkeeper.
In 1976 he played as the goalkeeper of the
USA Olympic team in Handball at the
1976 Montreal Summer Olympic games.
He was National goalkeeper for the
Israeli National Handball team as well. He lived in
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 ...
from 1954 till 1990. He won eight national championships as goalkeeper for several Israeli Handball teams and competed for years in the
European Cup Handball Championshipson behalf of Israel.
Glantz was one of the original founders of
Israeli Baseball and
Fastpitch softball
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Fast pitch is considered the most competitive for ...
. As coach, many members of
Israel's national baseball team players were groomed by Glantz. In July 2009 Jerry Glantz was inducted into the
Israeli Hall of Fame.
References
1945 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Los Angeles
American male handball players
Olympic handball players for the United States
Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
20th-century American people
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